Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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

$105.30

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.

$162.00

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.

$31.56 with ANTHEM vs $162.00 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
ANTHEM HPN $31.56 ↓ -70%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.32 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $37.75 ↓ -64%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $45.81 ↓ -56%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $48.60 ↓ -54%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $51.58 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $51.84 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $51.84 ↓ -51%
Summacare Preferred $53.46 ↓ -49%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $54.29 ↓ -48%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $54.29 ↓ -48%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $57.00 ↓ -46%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $57.00 ↓ -46%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $57.00 ↓ -46%
United BH Managed Medicaid $57.55 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $58.16 ↓ -45%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $59.72 ↓ -43%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $65.61 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $72.90 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $78.73 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $80.03 ↓ -24%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $81.00 ↓ -23%
MMO TRADITIONAL $84.40 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $87.48 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $89.59 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $91.69 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan HMO $97.20 ↓ -8%
AETNA Acop $97.20 ↓ -8%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $97.20 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $111.78 ↑ +6%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $113.40 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $113.40 ↑ +8%
AETNA International $113.40 ↑ +8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $113.40 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $126.52 ↑ +20%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $129.60 ↑ +23%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $145.80 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $145.80 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $145.80 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $145.80 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $162.00 ↑ +54%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Valor HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MMO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
OPTUM All Products VA not published by hospital —
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP not published by hospital —
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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