healthcosts.net

Sigmoidoscopy w/tumr remove 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

$586.30

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$902.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $4,831.00 with UNITED — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $73.10 ↓ -88%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $79.91 ↓ -86%
Oscar All Products $80.55 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $95.59 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $106.55 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $106.55 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $106.55 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $106.55 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan All Products $106.55 ↓ -82%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $106.55 ↓ -82%
United Medicare Advantage $106.55 ↓ -82%
Valor All Products $106.55 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $106.84 ↓ -82%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $111.88 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $114.83 ↓ -80%
PPHP All Products $117.21 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $120.87 ↓ -79%
OHCP All Products $123.31 ↓ -79%
United Managed Medicaid $126.91 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $126.91 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $132.96 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $132.96 ↓ -77%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $156.60 ↓ -73%
OMAS All Products $158.50 ↓ -73%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $158.55 ↓ -73%
Optum All Products Transplant $184.81 ↓ -68%
PHPHI All Products $190.20 ↓ -68%
Summacare Preferred $217.36 ↓ -63%
GMS All Products $221.90 ↓ -62%
MMO Traditional $221.90 ↓ -62%
Summacare Premier $229.42 ↓ -61%
Consociate Health All Products $237.75 ↓ -59%
Aetna All Products First Health $237.75 ↓ -59%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $248.96 ↓ -58%
Aetna Asa $253.60 ↓ -57%
Multiplan All Products $285.30 ↓ -51%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $317.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $363.27 ↓ -38%
Aetna Acop $374.88 ↓ -36%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $388.53 ↓ -34%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $402.67 ↓ -31%
Anthem All Products Physician $402.67 ↓ -31%
Cigna All Products Physician $429.24 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $706.64 ↑ +21%
United HMO & PPO $711.81 ↑ +21%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $743.83 ↑ +27%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +33%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +33%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +33%
United All Products - Mid-Level $782.15 ↑ +33%
United BH Managed Medicaid $788.46 ↑ +34%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $818.21 ↑ +40%
United All Products $843.00 ↑ +44%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $986.76 ↑ +68%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $1,089.45 ↑ +86%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $1,089.45 ↑ +86%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.45 ↑ +86%
OPTUM All Products VA $1,089.45 ↑ +86%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.58 ↑ +92%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +93%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +93%
Valor HMO & PPO $1,132.12 ↑ +93%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +93%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,132.12 ↑ +93%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,166.08 ↑ +99%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,176.60 ↑ +101%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $1,222.68 ↑ +109%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,245.33 ↑ +112%
MMO SuperMed $2,014.21 ↑ +244%
MMO NASCO $2,014.21 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM HPN $2,850.89 ↑ +386%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,914.06 ↑ +397%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $3,354.00 ↑ +472%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $4,831.00 ↑ +724%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Sigmoidoscopy w/tumr remove at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,525.60 $1.10 – $4,881.60
mercy hospital Canton $586.30 $1.10 – $1,166.08
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $2,502.75 $737.48 – $3,003.30
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $2,502.75 $900.00 – $3,003.30
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut $2,314.50 not published
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $2,502.75 $1,132.12 – $2,037.81
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $2,502.75 $1,132.12 – $2,037.81
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva $2,314.50 not published

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →