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Repair achilles tendon 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

$2,394.60

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.

$3,684.00

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 $407.02 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $452.73 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $484.59 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $510.09 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $532.26 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $535.59 ↓ -78%
United Managed Medicaid $535.59 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $561.10 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $561.10 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $594.88 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $603.64 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $603.64 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $603.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $603.64 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $603.64 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $603.64 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $603.64 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $603.64 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $633.82 ↓ -74%
PPHP All Products $664.00 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $878.25 ↓ -63%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $878.25 ↓ -63%
Oscar All Products $936.10 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,143.63 ↓ -52%
Summacare Preferred $1,231.43 ↓ -49%
Summacare Premier $1,277.43 ↓ -47%
OHCP All Products $1,433.08 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,626.31 ↓ -32%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,787.03 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,819.90 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,842.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products $1,926.07 ↓ -20%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,971.00 ↓ -18%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,074.74 ↓ -13%
Optum All Products Transplant $2,147.77 ↓ -10%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,178.48 ↓ -9%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,178.48 ↓ -9%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,178.48 ↓ -9%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,199.22 ↓ -8%
PHPHI All Products $2,210.40 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,230.56 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,230.56 ↓ -7%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,230.56 ↓ -7%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,282.21 ↓ -5%
GMS All Products $2,578.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,578.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,763.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,763.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,947.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $3,315.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,684.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +176%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +176%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +176%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +176%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +185%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +187%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +187%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +187%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +187%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +187%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +195%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +198%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +210%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +215%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +410%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +410%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +622%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +638%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +749%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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