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Thawing cryopresrved sperm 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

$162.50

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.

$250.00

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.

$0.95 with AETNA vs $250.00 with AETNA — 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
AETNA Acop $0.95 ↓ -99%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1.11 ↓ -99%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $19.72 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $20.76 ↓ -87%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $20.76 ↓ -87%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $21.80 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $21.80 ↓ -87%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $21.80 ↓ -87%
United BH Managed Medicaid $22.01 ↓ -86%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $22.84 ↓ -86%
Valor HMO & PPO $49.30 ↓ -70%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30 ↓ -70%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30 ↓ -70%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30 ↓ -70%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.30 ↓ -70%
OPTUM All Products VA $49.37 ↓ -70%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.37 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $49.37 ↓ -70%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $49.37 ↓ -70%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.78 ↓ -69%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.10 ↓ -69%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $53.25 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.32 ↓ -67%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $54.23 ↓ -67%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $54.23 ↓ -67%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $70.70 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $80.00 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $80.00 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $82.50 ↓ -49%
Summacare PREMIER $89.75 ↓ -45%
AETNA International $104.91 ↓ -35%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $111.96 ↓ -31%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $112.50 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $123.50 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM HPN $124.15 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $125.00 ↓ -23%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $126.90 ↓ -22%
MMO TRADITIONAL $130.25 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $135.00 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $138.25 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $141.50 ↓ -13%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $146.06 ↓ -10%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $150.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $150.00 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $172.50 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $175.00 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $175.00 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $187.50 ↑ +15%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $187.50 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $200.00 ↑ +23%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $223.93 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $225.00 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $225.00 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $225.00 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $225.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $250.00 ↑ +54%
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AETNA NAP not published by hospital

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