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Small bowel endoscopy 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

$304.20

Cash price

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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.

$468.00

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 $2,542.14 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 $44.90 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $49.47 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $53.41 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $56.22 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $58.72 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $59.03 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $59.03 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $61.84 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $61.84 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $65.63 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $65.96 ↓ -78%
Valor All Products $65.96 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $65.96 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $65.96 ↓ -78%
United Medicare Advantage $65.96 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $65.96 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $65.96 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $65.96 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $69.26 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $72.56 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $98.01 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $118.92 ↓ -61%
Summacare Preferred $134.56 ↓ -56%
Summacare Premier $140.92 ↓ -54%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $145.66 ↓ -52%
OHCP All Products $182.05 ↓ -40%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $231.19 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $234.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician $248.92 ↓ -18%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $248.92 ↓ -18%
Optum All Products Transplant $272.84 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $280.80 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $327.60 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $327.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $351.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $351.00 ↑ +15%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $360.13 ↑ +18%
Aetna Acop $366.49 ↑ +20%
Aetna Asa $374.40 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $385.17 ↑ +27%
Multiplan All Products $421.20 ↑ +38%
Cigna All Products Physician $425.53 ↑ +40%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $468.00 ↑ +54%
United HMO & PPO $700.94 ↑ +130%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $706.64 ↑ +132%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $743.83 ↑ +145%
United All Products - Mid-Level $770.21 ↑ +153%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +157%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +157%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $781.02 ↑ +157%
United BH Managed Medicaid $788.46 ↑ +159%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $818.21 ↑ +169%
United All Products $830.14 ↑ +173%
Valor HMO & PPO $858.08 ↑ +182%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +182%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +182%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +182%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↑ +182%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $866.29 ↑ +185%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $866.29 ↑ +185%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $866.29 ↑ +185%
OPTUM All Products VA $866.29 ↑ +185%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $883.82 ↑ +191%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $896.61 ↑ +195%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $926.72 ↑ +205%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $935.59 ↑ +208%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $943.89 ↑ +210%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $978.23 ↑ +222%
MMO NASCO $1,548.29 ↑ +409%
MMO SuperMed $1,548.29 ↑ +409%
ANTHEM HPN $2,160.81 ↑ +610%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,208.69 ↑ +626%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,542.14 ↑ +736%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Small bowel endoscopy at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70
mercy hospital Canton $304.20 $1.10 – $883.82
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood $2,467.50 $727.09 – $2,961.00
University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood $2,467.50 $858.08 – $2,961.00
University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Elyria $2,467.50 $858.08 – $1,544.54
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center Chardon $2,467.50 $858.08 – $1,544.54
University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road $2,467.50 $858.08 – $1,544.54
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard $2,467.50 $858.08 – $1,544.54

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