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Remove spine lamina 1/2 crvl 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

$4,578.60

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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.

$7,044.00

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 $20,338.07 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $772.51 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $874.53 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $892.18 ↓ -81%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $939.14 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $986.10 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $986.10 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,010.21 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,033.05 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,033.05 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,129.06 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,166.04 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,224.34 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $1,282.64 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,679.95 ↓ -63%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,679.95 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $1,789.88 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,168.17 ↓ -53%
Summacare Preferred $2,378.72 ↓ -48%
Summacare Premier $2,424.50 ↓ -47%
OHCP All Products $2,740.12 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $3,026.00 ↓ -34%
United HMO & PPO $3,094.60 ↓ -32%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,185.26 ↓ -30%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↓ -27%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↓ -27%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,344.52 ↓ -27%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,376.38 ↓ -26%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,400.42 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,479.74 ↓ -24%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,503.79 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $3,522.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $3,664.98 ↓ -20%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,106.65 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,226.40 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,266.74 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,266.74 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,266.74 ↓ -7%
GMS All Products $4,930.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,930.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $5,283.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,283.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,635.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,339.60 ↑ +38%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +44%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +44%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +44%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +44%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +49%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +50%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +50%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +50%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +50%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +50%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $7,044.00 ↑ +54%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +54%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +56%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +62%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +65%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +167%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +167%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +278%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +344%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,578.60 $1.10 – $6,864.94
mercy hospital Canton $4,578.60 $1.10 – $7,070.89
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