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Repair of facial nerve 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

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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.

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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.

$2,822.50 with OPTUM vs $9,574.94 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
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,822.50
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,971.05
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $2,971.05
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,119.60
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,119.60
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,119.60
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,149.31
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94
Valor HMO & PPO $3,231.94
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,231.94
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,268.16
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,328.90
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,490.49
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $3,555.13
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,555.13
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $5,917.23
OPTUM All Products VA $5,917.23
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $5,917.23
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,917.23
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,124.34
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,390.61
ANTHEM HPN $8,138.67
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,319.01
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,574.94

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Repair of facial nerve at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $4,183.40 $1.10 – $5,936.83
avon hospital Avon not published $3,027.08 – $5,936.83
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $4,942.12 – $5,722.45
euclid hospital Euclid not published $3,101.31 – $5,936.83
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,913.53 – $5,936.83
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,773.77 – $5,936.83
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $3,035.44 – $5,936.83
lodi hospital Lodi not published $3,490.14 – $5,483.29

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