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Replace tissue expander w/perm prost 11970 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

$2,142.40

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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.

$3,296.00

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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $342.35 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $345.47 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $360.37 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $375.26 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $378.39 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $378.39 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $396.41 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $396.41 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $451.77 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $500.35 ↓ -77%
Valor All Products $500.35 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $500.35 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $500.35 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $500.35 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $500.35 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $500.35 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan All Products $500.35 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $504.92 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $525.37 ↓ -75%
PPHP All Products $550.39 ↓ -74%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $747.32 ↓ -65%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $747.32 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $837.51 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $1,020.71 ↓ -52%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,050.64 ↓ -51%
Summacare Premier $1,084.24 ↓ -49%
OHCP All Products $1,282.14 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,381.69 ↓ -36%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,518.24 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,628.22 ↓ -24%
United All Products $1,636.36 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,648.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,898.05 ↓ -11%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,898.05 ↓ -11%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,898.05 ↓ -11%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,921.57 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,977.60 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $2,307.20 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,307.20 ↑ +8%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,444.11 ↑ +14%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,472.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $2,472.00 ↑ +15%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,572.75 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $2,636.80 ↑ +23%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,701.39 ↑ +26%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,701.39 ↑ +26%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,701.39 ↑ +26%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,727.12 ↑ +27%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,830.03 ↑ +32%
Multiplan All Products $2,966.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,296.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +208%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +208%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +208%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +208%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +219%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +220%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +220%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +220%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +220%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +220%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +230%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +233%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +246%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +252%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +470%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +470%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +707%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +725%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +849%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Replace tissue expander w/perm prost 11970 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,142.40 $1.10 – $6,864.94
mercy hospital Canton $2,142.40 $1.10 – $7,070.89
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,685.56 – $7,551.43
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,522.94 – $7,551.43
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,401.92 – $7,551.43
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