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Remove wrist joint lining 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

$1,565.20

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.

$2,408.00

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 $9,170.92 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 $303.82 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $335.08 ↓ -79%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $356.98 ↓ -77%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $375.77 ↓ -76%
United Managed Medicaid $394.56 ↓ -75%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $394.56 ↓ -75%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $397.31 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $413.35 ↓ -74%
Molina Managed Medicaid $413.35 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $444.05 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $446.77 ↓ -71%
Valor All Products $446.77 ↓ -71%
United Medicare Advantage $446.77 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $446.77 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $446.77 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan All Products $446.77 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $446.77 ↓ -71%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $446.77 ↓ -71%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $469.11 ↓ -70%
PPHP All Products $491.45 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $611.87 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $654.97 ↓ -58%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $654.97 ↓ -58%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $827.03 ↓ -47%
Summacare Preferred $911.41 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $936.71 ↓ -40%
Summacare Premier $953.54 ↓ -39%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $981.04 ↓ -37%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,032.67 ↓ -34%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,084.30 ↓ -31%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,084.30 ↓ -31%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,084.30 ↓ -31%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,094.63 ↓ -30%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,135.94 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,189.55 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,204.00 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $1,213.55 ↓ -22%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,333.47 ↓ -15%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,403.86 ↓ -10%
United All Products $1,437.22 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $1,444.80 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,663.47 ↑ +6%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,663.47 ↑ +6%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,663.47 ↑ +6%
GMS All Products $1,685.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,685.60 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $1,806.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,806.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,926.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,167.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,408.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,997.95 ↑ +92%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,997.95 ↑ +92%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.95 ↑ +92%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,997.95 ↑ +92%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +98%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,095.56 ↑ +98%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +98%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +98%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +98%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,102.88 ↑ +98%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +104%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,237.79 ↑ +107%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +114%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,405.12 ↑ +118%
MMO SuperMed $5,526.53 ↑ +253%
MMO NASCO $5,526.53 ↑ +253%
ANTHEM HPN $7,795.25 ↑ +398%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $7,967.98 ↑ +409%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,170.92 ↑ +486%
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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