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Remove windpipe lesion 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

$4,294.55

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.

$6,607.00

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 $659.81 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $677.75 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $760.83 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $800.87 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $840.91 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $840.91 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $862.83 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $880.96 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $880.96 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $903.67 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $903.67 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $903.67 ↓ -79%
Valor All Products $903.67 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $903.67 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $903.67 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan All Products $903.67 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $903.67 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $948.85 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $964.34 ↓ -78%
PPHP All Products $994.04 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,443.56 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,443.56 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $1,678.84 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $1,843.49 ↓ -57%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,900.67 ↓ -56%
Summacare Premier $2,070.78 ↓ -52%
OHCP All Products $2,570.12 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $2,657.92 ↓ -38%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,920.58 ↓ -32%
United All Products $3,147.81 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,263.86 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,303.50 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,666.33 ↓ -15%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,666.33 ↓ -15%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,666.33 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,851.88 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $3,964.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $4,624.90 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $4,624.90 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $4,955.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,955.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,285.60 ↑ +23%
OPTUM All Products VA $5,465.95 ↑ +27%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,465.95 ↑ +27%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,465.95 ↑ +27%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,465.95 ↑ +27%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +30%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +30%
Valor HMO & PPO $5,600.62 ↑ +30%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +30%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,600.62 ↑ +30%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,657.26 ↑ +32%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,768.63 ↑ +34%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,903.23 ↑ +37%
Multiplan All Products $5,946.30 ↑ +38%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $6,048.66 ↑ +41%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $6,160.68 ↑ +43%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,607.00 ↑ +54%
MMO SuperMed $9,999.36 ↑ +133%
MMO NASCO $9,999.36 ↑ +133%
ANTHEM HPN $14,103.47 ↑ +228%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $14,415.98 ↑ +236%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $16,592.38 ↑ +286%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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