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Thumb fusion with graft 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

$2,207.40

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.

$3,396.00

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%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $492.58 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $503.99 ↓ -77%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $518.50 ↓ -77%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $544.43 ↓ -75%
United Managed Medicaid $544.43 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $570.35 ↓ -74%
Molina Managed Medicaid $570.35 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $583.88 ↓ -74%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $659.06 ↓ -70%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $736.60 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $778.50 ↓ -65%
Valor All Products $778.50 ↓ -65%
United Medicare Advantage $778.50 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $778.50 ↓ -65%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $778.50 ↓ -65%
The Health Plan All Products $778.50 ↓ -65%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $778.50 ↓ -65%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $778.50 ↓ -65%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $817.43 ↓ -63%
PPHP All Products $837.40 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $862.92 ↓ -61%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,110.91 ↓ -50%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,110.91 ↓ -50%
OHCP All Products $1,321.04 ↓ -40%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,325.04 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,518.40 ↓ -31%
Summacare Premier $1,581.75 ↓ -28%
Summacare Preferred $1,588.14 ↓ -28%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,598.32 ↓ -28%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,677.62 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,678.24 ↓ -24%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,678.24 ↓ -24%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,678.24 ↓ -24%
United BH Managed Medicaid $1,694.22 ↓ -23%
OMAS All Products $1,698.00 ↓ -23%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,758.15 ↓ -20%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,979.87 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $2,037.60 ↓ -8%
United HMO & PPO $2,038.57 ↓ -8%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,240.03 ↑ +1%
MMO Traditional $2,377.20 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $2,377.20 ↑ +8%
United All Products $2,414.31 ↑ +9%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,547.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $2,547.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,716.80 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Physician $2,821.47 ↑ +28%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $2,821.47 ↑ +28%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $2,821.47 ↑ +28%
Multiplan All Products $3,056.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,396.00 ↑ +54%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $6,600.66 ↑ +199%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +199%
OPTUM All Products VA $6,600.66 ↑ +199%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +199%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,831.69 ↑ +209%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +211%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +211%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +211%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +211%
Valor HMO & PPO $6,864.94 ↑ +211%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +220%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +223%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +236%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $7,551.43 ↑ +242%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +453%
MMO NASCO $12,214.27 ↑ +453%
ANTHEM HPN $17,287.29 ↑ +683%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $17,670.35 ↑ +701%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $20,338.07 ↑ +821%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,207.40 $1.10 – $6,864.94
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