Repair of windpipe injury 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

$2,126.80

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.

$3,272.00

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 $3,272.00 with Aetna — 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 $373.43 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $393.08 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $412.73 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $412.73 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $424.37 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $432.39 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $432.39 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $463.90 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $554.95 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $618.53 ↓ -71%
Valor All Products $618.53 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $618.53 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan All Products $618.53 ↓ -71%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $618.53 ↓ -71%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $618.53 ↓ -71%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $618.53 ↓ -71%
United Medicare Advantage $618.53 ↓ -71%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $620.24 ↓ -71%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $649.46 ↓ -69%
PPHP All Products $680.38 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $831.42 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $940.65 ↓ -56%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $940.65 ↓ -56%
MMO NASCO $1,189.89 ↓ -44%
MMO SuperMed $1,189.89 ↓ -44%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,198.76 ↓ -44%
Summacare Preferred $1,261.80 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $1,272.81 ↓ -40%
Summacare Premier $1,331.88 ↓ -37%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,616.37 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,636.00 ↓ -23%
United HMO & PPO $1,720.66 ↓ -19%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,890.71 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,907.58 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,963.20 ↓ -8%
United All Products $2,037.81 ↓ -4%
GMS All Products $2,290.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,290.40 ↑ +8%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,389.06 ↑ +12%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,389.06 ↑ +12%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,389.06 ↑ +12%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,454.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $2,454.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,617.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,944.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,272.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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