Remove vert xdrl body thrlmb 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

$8,099.00

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.

$12,460.00

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 $12,919.82 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $1,310.00 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,368.91 ↓ -83%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,378.95 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,447.90 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $1,447.90 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,516.85 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,516.85 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,560.23 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,790.12 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $2,000.72 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,080.30 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $2,184.32 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $2,274.50 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,981.42 ↓ -63%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,981.42 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $3,166.09 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $3,804.74 ↓ -53%
MMO SuperMed $3,806.21 ↓ -53%
MMO NASCO $3,806.21 ↓ -53%
Summacare Preferred $4,243.81 ↓ -48%
Summacare Premier $4,296.28 ↓ -47%
OHCP All Products $4,846.94 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $5,505.91 ↓ -32%
United All Products - Mid-Level $6,050.02 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $6,155.24 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $6,230.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $6,520.72 ↓ -19%
Optum All Products Transplant $7,264.18 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $7,476.00 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $7,572.17 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $7,572.17 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician $7,572.17 ↓ -7%
GMS All Products $8,722.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $8,722.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $9,345.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $9,345.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $9,968.00 ↑ +23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $11,158.03 ↑ +38%
Multiplan All Products $11,214.00 ↑ +38%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $11,745.29 ↑ +45%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +52%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +52%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +52%
United BH Managed Medicaid $12,450.01 ↑ +54%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $12,460.00 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $12,919.82 ↑ +60%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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