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Remove tonsils and adenoids 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

$1,097.20

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.

$1,688.00

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 $16,592.38 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 $179.74 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $185.09 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $189.93 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $194.83 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $204.57 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $204.57 ↓ -81%
Molina Managed Medicaid $214.31 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $214.31 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $235.04 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $253.24 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $253.24 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $253.24 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $253.24 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products $253.24 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $253.24 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $253.24 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $253.24 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $262.69 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $265.90 ↓ -76%
PPHP All Products $278.56 ↓ -75%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $389.53 ↓ -64%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $389.53 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $428.92 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $508.28 ↓ -54%
Summacare Preferred $516.61 ↓ -53%
Summacare Premier $564.10 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $656.63 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $722.54 ↓ -34%
United All Products - Mid-Level $793.95 ↓ -28%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $833.87 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $844.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $855.72 ↓ -22%
Optum All Products Transplant $984.10 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $989.32 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician $989.32 ↓ -10%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $989.32 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,012.80 ↓ -8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,138.70 ↑ +4%
MMO Traditional $1,181.60 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $1,181.60 ↑ +8%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,198.63 ↑ +9%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,258.56 ↑ +15%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,258.56 ↑ +15%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,258.56 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,266.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,266.00 ↑ +15%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,270.55 ↑ +16%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,318.49 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $1,350.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $1,519.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,688.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,465.95 ↑ +398%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,465.95 ↑ +398%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,465.95 ↑ +398%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,465.95 ↑ +398%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +410%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,600.62 ↑ +410%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +410%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +410%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +410%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,657.26 ↑ +416%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,768.63 ↑ +426%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,903.23 ↑ +438%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,048.66 ↑ +451%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,160.68 ↑ +461%
MMO SuperMed $9,999.36 ↑ +811%
MMO NASCO $9,999.36 ↑ +811%
ANTHEM HPN $14,103.47 ↑ +1185%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,415.98 ↑ +1214%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,592.38 ↑ +1412%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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