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Remove spine eltrd perq aray at akron general

1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,452.75

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,235.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $5,473.19 with ANTHEM — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $159.29 ↓ -89%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $167.67 ↓ -88%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $176.05 ↓ -88%
United Managed Medicaid $176.05 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $184.44 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $184.44 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $203.83 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $225.80 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $266.54 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $297.90 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $301.07 ↓ -79%
Valor All Products $301.07 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $301.07 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $301.07 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $301.07 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan All Products $301.07 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $301.07 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $301.07 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $316.12 ↓ -78%
PPHP All Products $331.18 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $439.39 ↓ -70%
Oscar All Products $567.91 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $569.93 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $614.18 ↓ -58%
Summacare Premier $639.70 ↓ -56%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $832.64 ↓ -43%
Aetna Acop $835.10 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $869.42 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $890.52 ↓ -39%
Cigna All Products Physician $983.86 ↓ -32%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,104.09 ↓ -24%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,115.96 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,115.96 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $1,117.50 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,303.01 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,341.00 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $1,564.50 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,564.50 ↑ +8%
United HMO & PPO $1,643.45 ↑ +13%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,676.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,676.25 ↑ +15%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,720.70 ↑ +18%
Aetna Asa $1,788.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,804.32 ↑ +24%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,804.32 ↑ +24%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,804.32 ↑ +24%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,804.32 ↑ +24%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,805.86 ↑ +24%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,811.26 ↑ +25%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,847.43 ↑ +27%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,847.43 ↑ +27%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,847.43 ↑ +27%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,847.43 ↑ +27%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,847.43 ↑ +27%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,867.47 ↑ +29%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,901.82 ↑ +31%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,901.82 ↑ +31%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,901.82 ↑ +31%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,902.85 ↑ +31%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,919.94 ↑ +32%
United All Products $1,946.36 ↑ +34%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,948.67 ↑ +34%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,992.39 ↑ +37%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,995.22 ↑ +37%
Multiplan All Products $2,011.50 ↑ +38%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,032.17 ↑ +40%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,235.00 ↑ +54%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,261.73 ↑ +56%
MMO SuperMed $3,297.28 ↑ +127%
MMO NASCO $3,297.28 ↑ +127%
ANTHEM HPN $4,652.19 ↑ +220%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,755.28 ↑ +227%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $5,473.19 ↑ +277%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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