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Tot disc arthrp 1ntrspc crv 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

$6,878.30

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.

$10,582.00

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 $49,144.62 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 $1,009.52 ↓ -85%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,116.50 ↓ -84%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,219.52 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,283.71 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,320.14 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $1,347.90 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,347.90 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,412.08 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,412.08 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,475.45 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan All Products $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
United Medicare Advantage $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
Valor All Products $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,488.67 ↓ -78%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,563.10 ↓ -77%
PPHP All Products $1,637.54 ↓ -76%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,199.15 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $2,199.15 ↓ -68%
Oscar All Products $2,688.89 ↓ -61%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,912.69 ↓ -58%
Summacare Preferred $3,036.89 ↓ -56%
Summacare Premier $3,168.32 ↓ -54%
United HMO & PPO $4,057.94 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $4,116.40 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $4,458.96 ↓ -35%
United All Products $4,805.88 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $5,227.51 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $5,291.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $5,585.37 ↓ -19%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $5,585.37 ↓ -19%
Anthem All Products Physician $5,585.37 ↓ -19%
Optum All Products Transplant $6,169.31 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $6,349.20 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $7,407.40 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $7,407.40 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $7,936.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $7,936.50 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $8,465.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $9,523.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $10,582.00 ↑ +54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $11,158.03 ↑ +62%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $11,745.29 ↑ +71%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +79%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +79%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $12,332.55 ↑ +79%
United BH Managed Medicaid $12,450.01 ↑ +81%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $12,919.82 ↑ +88%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +141%
Valor HMO & PPO $16,588.34 ↑ +141%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +141%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +141%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,588.34 ↑ +141%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $16,992.04 ↑ +147%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,992.04 ↑ +147%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $16,992.04 ↑ +147%
OPTUM All Products VA $16,992.04 ↑ +147%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,085.99 ↑ +148%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,586.76 ↑ +156%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $17,915.41 ↑ +160%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $18,247.18 ↑ +165%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,351.40 ↑ +167%
MMO SuperMed $31,818.75 ↑ +363%
MMO NASCO $31,818.75 ↑ +363%
ANTHEM HPN $41,772.76 ↑ +507%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $42,698.39 ↑ +521%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $49,144.62 ↑ +614%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $6,878.30 $1.10 – $17,048.31
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