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Tot disc arthrp 1ntrspc lmbr at akron general
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940
$7,053.80
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$10,852.00
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.
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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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 | $1,077.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage Psych | $1,151.02 | ↓ -84% |
| Optum | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $1,302.26 | ↓ -82% |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | $1,370.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage CNA | $1,408.55 | ↓ -80% |
| Caresource | Managed Medicaid | $1,439.34 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Managed Medicaid | $1,439.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $1,507.88 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth | Managed Medicaid | $1,507.88 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare Advantage | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| The Health Plan | All Products | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Valor | All Products | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Optum | Medicare Advantage Transplant | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,534.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Summacare | Medicare Advantage MD | $1,574.26 | ↓ -78% |
| CommuniCare | Medicare Advantage | $1,611.42 | ↓ -77% |
| PPHP | All Products | $1,688.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Facility | $2,365.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility | $2,365.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Oscar | All Products | $2,757.49 | ↓ -61% |
| MMO | Medicare HMO & PPO | $2,932.69 | ↓ -58% |
| MMO | NASCO | $2,983.68 | ↓ -58% |
| MMO | SuperMed | $2,983.68 | ↓ -58% |
| Summacare | Preferred | $3,130.77 | ↓ -56% |
| Summacare | Premier | $3,380.52 | ↓ -52% |
| OHCP | All Products | $4,221.43 | ↓ -40% |
| United | HMO & PPO | $4,316.61 | ↓ -39% |
| United | All Products - Mid-Level | $4,743.20 | ↓ -33% |
| United | All Products | $5,112.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Aultcare | PPO/HMO | $5,360.89 | ↓ -24% |
| OMAS | All Products | $5,426.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician | $6,006.73 | ↓ -15% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Facility | $6,006.73 | ↓ -15% |
| Anthem | All Products Physician Non-Facility | $6,006.73 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum | All Products Transplant | $6,326.72 | ↓ -10% |
| PHPHI | All Products | $6,511.20 | ↓ -8% |
| OPTUM | Managed Medicaid Transplant | $7,403.35 | ↑ +5% |
| MMO | Traditional | $7,596.40 | ↑ +8% |
| GMS | All Products | $7,596.40 | ↑ +8% |
| CARESOURCE | Managed Medicaid | $7,793.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Consociate Health | All Products | $8,139.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | All Products First Health | $8,139.00 | ↑ +15% |
| ANTHEM | Managed Medicaid | $8,182.65 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $8,182.65 | ↑ +16% |
| MOLINA | Managed Medicaid | $8,182.65 | ↑ +16% |
| United BH | Managed Medicaid | $8,260.58 | ↑ +17% |
| AMERIHEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $8,572.30 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Asa | $8,681.60 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | All Products | $9,766.80 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Qhp/Ifp | $10,852.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Valor | HMO & PPO | $16,588.34 | ↑ +135% |
| Summacare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16,588.34 | ↑ +135% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16,588.34 | ↑ +135% |
| UPMC | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16,588.34 | ↑ +135% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16,588.34 | ↑ +135% |
| CIGNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $17,085.99 | ↑ +142% |
| Perennial Health | HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP | $17,915.41 | ↑ +154% |
| PPHP | ALL PRODUCTS | $18,247.18 | ↑ +159% |
| ANTHEM | HPN | $41,772.76 | ↑ +492% |
| MMO | ALL PRODUCTS | $42,698.39 | ↑ +505% |
| ANTHEM | PPO/HMO | $49,144.62 | ↑ +597% |
| Cigna | All Products Mid-Level | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Products Physician | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Acop | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Tot disc arthrp 1ntrspc lmbr at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $7,053.80 | $1.10 – $16,588.34 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $7,053.80 | $1.10 – $17,085.99 |
| avon hospital | Avon | not published | $7,939.95 – $18,247.18 |
| cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation | Cleveland | not published | $12,963.06 – $15,009.86 |
| euclid hospital | Euclid | not published | $8,134.69 – $18,247.18 |
| fairview hospital | Cleveland | not published | $7,642.13 – $45,617.94 |
| lutheran hospital | Cleveland | not published | $7,275.57 – $18,247.18 |
| hillcrest hospital | Mayfield Heights | not published | $7,961.90 – $45,617.94 |