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Sho arthrs srg prtl synvct 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

$1,874.60

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.

$2,884.00

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%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $331.73 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $363.87 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $402.41 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $423.59 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $433.81 ↓ -77%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $444.77 ↓ -76%
United Managed Medicaid $444.77 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $465.95 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $465.95 ↓ -75%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $484.84 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $485.16 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $485.16 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $485.16 ↓ -74%
United Medicare Advantage $485.16 ↓ -74%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $485.16 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products $485.16 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $485.16 ↓ -74%
Valor All Products $485.16 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $509.42 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $533.68 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $715.21 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $715.21 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $732.82 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $923.97 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $989.73 ↓ -47%
Summacare Premier $1,041.13 ↓ -44%
OHCP All Products $1,121.88 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $1,323.91 ↓ -29%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,424.70 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $1,442.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,453.77 ↓ -22%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,454.74 ↓ -22%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,530.28 ↓ -18%
United All Products $1,567.92 ↓ -16%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,606.79 ↓ -14%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,606.79 ↓ -14%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,606.79 ↓ -14%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,622.10 ↓ -13%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,681.37 ↓ -10%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,683.31 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,730.40 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,816.46 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,816.46 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,816.46 ↓ -3%
GMS All Products $2,018.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $2,018.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $2,163.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,163.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,307.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,595.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,884.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +252%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +252%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +252%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +252%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +264%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +266%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +266%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +266%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +266%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +266%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +277%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +280%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +296%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +303%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +552%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +552%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +822%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +843%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +985%
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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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,874.60 $1.10 – $6,864.94
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