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Repair of anal sphincter 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

$3,975.40

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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.

$6,116.00

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 $7,779.76 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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $459.32 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $483.49 ↓ -88%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $507.66 ↓ -87%
United Managed Medicaid $507.66 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $531.84 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $531.84 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $560.74 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $610.01 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $733.27 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $813.35 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $813.35 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $813.35 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $813.35 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $813.35 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $813.35 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $813.35 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $813.35 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $819.54 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $854.02 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $894.69 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,227.93 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,227.93 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,457.88 ↓ -63%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,534.61 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $1,554.08 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,581.64 ↓ -60%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,611.34 ↓ -59%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,611.34 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,611.34 ↓ -59%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,626.69 ↓ -59%
Summacare Preferred $1,659.23 ↓ -58%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,688.07 ↓ -58%
Summacare Premier $1,759.85 ↓ -56%
United HMO & PPO $2,258.20 ↓ -43%
OHCP All Products $2,379.12 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,481.37 ↓ -38%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,533.91 ↓ -36%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,533.91 ↓ -36%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,533.91 ↓ -36%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,533.91 ↓ -36%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,622.60 ↓ -34%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↓ -34%
Valor HMO & PPO $2,625.99 ↓ -34%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↓ -34%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↓ -34%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,625.99 ↓ -34%
United All Products $2,674.42 ↓ -33%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,704.77 ↓ -32%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,736.63 ↓ -31%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $2,836.07 ↓ -29%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $2,888.59 ↓ -27%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,021.30 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,058.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,118.68 ↓ -22%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,118.68 ↓ -22%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,118.68 ↓ -22%
Optum All Products Transplant $3,565.63 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $3,669.60 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $4,281.20 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $4,281.20 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $4,587.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $4,587.00 ↑ +15%
MMO NASCO $4,793.60 ↑ +21%
MMO SuperMed $4,793.60 ↑ +21%
Aetna Asa $4,892.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $5,504.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $6,116.00 ↑ +54%
ANTHEM HPN $6,612.77 ↑ +66%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $6,759.30 ↑ +70%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $7,779.76 ↑ +96%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Repair of anal sphincter at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,975.40 $1.10 – $5,504.40
mercy hospital Canton $3,975.40 $1.10 – $5,504.40
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