Unlisted procedure esophagus 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

$13,384.15

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.

$20,591.00

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.

$0.01 with Anthem vs $2,766.01 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 All Products Physician Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $0.01 ↓ -100%
Anthem All Products Physician $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Oscar All Products $251.56 ↓ -98%
OHCP All Products $385.11 ↓ -97%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $489.06 ↓ -96%
OMAS All Products $495.00 ↓ -96%
Optum All Products Transplant $577.17 ↓ -96%
PHPHI All Products $594.00 ↓ -96%
GMS All Products $693.00 ↓ -95%
Summacare Premier $693.00 ↓ -95%
Summacare Preferred $693.00 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $693.00 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $693.00 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $693.00 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $693.00 ↓ -95%
MMO Traditional $693.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna All Products First Health $742.50 ↓ -94%
Consociate Health All Products $742.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna Asa $792.00 ↓ -94%
Valor HMO & PPO $858.08 ↓ -94%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -94%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -94%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -94%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -94%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $866.29 ↓ -94%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $866.29 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $866.29 ↓ -94%
OPTUM All Products VA $866.29 ↓ -94%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $883.82 ↓ -93%
Multiplan All Products $891.00 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $896.61 ↓ -93%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $926.72 ↓ -93%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $935.59 ↓ -93%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $943.89 ↓ -93%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $990.00 ↓ -93%
MMO SuperMed $1,548.29 ↓ -88%
MMO NASCO $1,548.29 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM HPN $2,160.81 ↓ -84%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,208.69 ↓ -83%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,388.82 ↓ -82%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $2,514.55 ↓ -81%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,514.55 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,542.14 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,640.28 ↓ -80%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,640.28 ↓ -80%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,640.28 ↓ -80%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,665.42 ↓ -80%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,766.01 ↓ -79%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
Caresource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
The Health Plan All Products not published by hospital —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Anthem Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United All Products not published by hospital —
United All Products - Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Valor All Products not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant not published by hospital —
Aetna Acop not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital —
PPHP All Products not published by hospital —
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Unlisted procedure esophagus at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $13,384.15 $0.01 – $3,484.64
avon hospital Avon $5,200.00 $858.08 – $7,200.00
euclid hospital Euclid $5,200.00 $786.42 – $7,200.00
fairview hospital Cleveland $5,200.00 $786.42 – $7,200.00
lutheran hospital Cleveland $5,200.00 $858.08 – $7,200.00
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $5,200.00 $786.42 – $7,200.00
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $5,200.00 $786.42 – $7,200.00
medina hospital Medina $5,200.00 $858.08 – $7,200.00

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