Sgmdsc w/band ligation 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

$480.35

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.

$739.00

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 $3,354.00 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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $61.17 ↓ -87%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $67.31 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $79.99 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $89.40 ↓ -81%
Valor All Products $89.74 ↓ -81%
United Medicare Advantage $89.74 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $89.74 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan All Products $89.74 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $89.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $89.74 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $89.74 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $89.74 ↓ -81%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $94.23 ↓ -80%
PPHP All Products $98.71 ↓ -79%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $132.79 ↓ -72%
Summacare Preferred $183.07 ↓ -62%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $185.88 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $187.78 ↓ -61%
Summacare Premier $191.98 ↓ -60%
OHCP All Products $287.47 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $337.26 ↓ -30%
Anthem All Products Physician $337.26 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $365.07 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $369.50 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $430.84 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $443.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $517.30 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $517.30 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $554.25 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $554.25 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $591.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $665.10 ↑ +38%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $706.64 ↑ +47%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $739.00 ↑ +54%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $743.83 ↑ +55%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $743.83 ↑ +55%
Aetna Acop $766.88 ↑ +60%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +63%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +63%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +63%
United BH Managed Medicaid $788.46 ↑ +64%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $805.04 ↑ +68%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $818.21 ↑ +70%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $861.00 ↑ +79%
Cigna All Products Physician $951.24 ↑ +98%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.45 ↑ +127%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,089.45 ↑ +127%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,089.45 ↑ +127%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,089.45 ↑ +127%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.58 ↑ +135%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +136%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +136%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +136%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,132.12 ↑ +136%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +136%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,166.08 ↑ +143%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,176.60 ↑ +145%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,222.68 ↑ +155%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,245.33 ↑ +159%
United HMO & PPO $1,560.09 ↑ +225%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,714.26 ↑ +257%
United All Products $1,847.64 ↑ +285%
MMO NASCO $2,014.21 ↑ +319%
MMO SuperMed $2,014.21 ↑ +319%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,186.75 ↑ +355%
ANTHEM HPN $2,850.89 ↑ +494%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,914.06 ↑ +507%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,354.00 ↑ +598%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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