Upper Endoscopy (EGD, diagnostic) 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

$2,803.45

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.

$4,313.00

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 UNITED vs $4,313.00 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $74.52 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $81.12 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $97.44 ↓ -97%
Valor All Products $108.16 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $108.16 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $108.16 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan All Products $108.16 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $108.16 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $108.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $108.16 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $108.16 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $108.91 ↓ -96%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $113.57 ↓ -96%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $118.03 ↓ -96%
Oscar All Products $118.92 ↓ -96%
PPHP All Products $118.98 ↓ -96%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $124.24 ↓ -96%
United Managed Medicaid $130.45 ↓ -95%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $130.45 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $136.66 ↓ -95%
Molina Managed Medicaid $136.66 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $161.64 ↓ -94%
OHCP All Products $182.05 ↓ -94%
ANTHEM HPN $204.68 ↓ -93%
Summacare Preferred $220.65 ↓ -92%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $231.19 ↓ -92%
Summacare Premier $233.87 ↓ -92%
OMAS All Products $234.00 ↓ -92%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $256.72 ↓ -91%
Optum All Products Transplant $272.84 ↓ -90%
PHPHI All Products $280.80 ↓ -90%
GMS All Products $327.60 ↓ -88%
MMO Traditional $327.60 ↓ -88%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $350.06 ↓ -88%
Consociate Health All Products $351.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna All Products First Health $351.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Acop $362.08 ↓ -87%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $374.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna Asa $374.40 ↓ -87%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $410.55 ↓ -85%
Anthem All Products Physician $410.55 ↓ -85%
Cigna All Products Physician $413.63 ↓ -85%
Multiplan All Products $421.20 ↓ -85%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $468.00 ↓ -83%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $619.37 ↓ -78%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $651.97 ↓ -77%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -76%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $684.57 ↓ -76%
United HMO & PPO $685.82 ↓ -76%
United BH Managed Medicaid $691.09 ↓ -75%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $717.17 ↓ -74%
United All Products - Mid-Level $753.60 ↓ -73%
United All Products $812.23 ↓ -71%
Valor HMO & PPO $858.08 ↓ -69%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -69%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -69%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $858.08 ↓ -69%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $866.29 ↓ -69%
OPTUM All Products VA $866.29 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $866.29 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $866.29 ↓ -69%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $883.82 ↓ -68%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $896.61 ↓ -68%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $926.72 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $935.59 ↓ -67%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $943.89 ↓ -66%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $950.87 ↓ -66%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,219.72 ↓ -56%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,380.16 ↓ -51%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $1,380.16 ↓ -51%
MMO NASCO $1,548.29 ↓ -45%
MMO SuperMed $1,548.29 ↓ -45%
Summacare PREMIER $1,548.37 ↓ -45%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $1,746.77 ↓ -38%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,940.85 ↓ -31%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $2,096.12 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $2,156.50 ↓ -23%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $2,208.69 ↓ -21%
MMO TRADITIONAL $2,247.07 ↓ -20%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $2,329.02 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $2,385.09 ↓ -15%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $2,441.16 ↓ -13%
AETNA Acop $2,451.00 ↓ -13%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $2,542.14 ↓ -9%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,587.80 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan HMO $2,587.80 ↓ -8%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +2%
The Health Plan ASO Self-Funded $2,975.97 ↑ +6%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +7%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $3,019.10 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $3,019.10 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,234.75 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $3,234.75 ↑ +15%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $3,450.40 ↑ +23%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $3,881.70 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $4,313.00 ↑ +54%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Upper Endoscopy (EGD, diagnostic) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $8,209.80 $883.88 – $901.55
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $5,876.96 $883.88 – $901.55
Clermont Hospital Batavia $6,510.00 $883.88 – $901.55
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $7,868.42 $883.88 – $901.55
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $12,417.26 $899.22 – $917.20
St Ritas Medical Center Lima $4,284.96 $899.22 – $917.20
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $510.81 $192.85 – $724.57
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,803.45 $0.01 – $3,881.70

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