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Repair of hydrocele 55060 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

$1,599.00

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$2,460.00

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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 $9,879.99 with ANTHEM — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $234.11 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $254.87 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $258.68 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $268.28 ↓ -83%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $281.69 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $281.69 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $295.11 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $295.11 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $306.14 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $342.16 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $344.90 ↓ -78%
United Medicare Advantage $344.90 ↓ -78%
Valor All Products $344.90 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $344.90 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $344.90 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $344.90 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $344.90 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $344.90 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $362.15 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $379.39 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $504.43 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $504.43 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $625.09 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $675.32 ↓ -58%
Summacare Preferred $703.60 ↓ -56%
Summacare Premier $734.75 ↓ -54%
United HMO & PPO $938.96 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $956.94 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,031.75 ↓ -35%
United All Products $1,112.02 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,186.50 ↓ -26%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,215.24 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,230.00 ↓ -23%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,248.95 ↓ -22%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,281.15 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,281.15 ↓ -20%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,281.15 ↓ -20%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,311.40 ↓ -18%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,311.40 ↓ -18%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,311.40 ↓ -18%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,323.89 ↓ -17%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,373.85 ↓ -14%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,434.18 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,476.00 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $1,722.00 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,722.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,845.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,845.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $1,968.00 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,214.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,460.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $3,186.78 ↑ +99%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $3,186.78 ↑ +99%
OPTUM All Products VA $3,186.78 ↑ +99%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,186.78 ↑ +99%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,298.32 ↑ +106%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +109%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +109%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +109%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,334.90 ↑ +109%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,334.90 ↑ +109%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,434.95 ↑ +115%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,441.72 ↑ +115%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,601.70 ↑ +125%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,668.39 ↑ +129%
MMO SuperMed $5,953.02 ↑ +272%
MMO NASCO $5,953.02 ↑ +272%
ANTHEM HPN $8,397.95 ↑ +425%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,584.04 ↑ +437%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,879.99 ↑ +518%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital

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Repair of hydrocele 55060 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,599.00 $1.10 – $3,334.90
mercy hospital Canton $1,599.00 $1.10 – $3,434.95
avon hospital Avon not published $1,272.51 – $3,668.39
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,303.71 – $3,668.39
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,166.02 – $3,668.39
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