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V-exc/lip/w/pri linear closure 40520 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

$1,245.40

Cash price

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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.

$1,916.00

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 $9,292.73 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 $219.95 ↓ -82%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $236.98 ↓ -81%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $259.09 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $272.73 ↓ -78%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $286.37 ↓ -77%
United Managed Medicaid $286.37 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $287.62 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $300.00 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $300.00 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $315.97 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $315.97 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $315.97 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $315.97 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $315.97 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $315.97 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $315.97 ↓ -75%
Valor All Products $315.97 ↓ -75%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $321.46 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $331.77 ↓ -73%
PPHP All Products $347.57 ↓ -72%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $476.43 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $486.86 ↓ -61%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $621.96 ↓ -50%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $623.38 ↓ -50%
Summacare Preferred $644.58 ↓ -48%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $665.19 ↓ -47%
Aetna Acop $678.58 ↓ -46%
Summacare Premier $690.30 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Products Physician $734.91 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $745.32 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $745.85 ↓ -40%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $785.10 ↓ -37%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $824.36 ↓ -34%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $824.36 ↓ -34%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $824.36 ↓ -34%
United BH Managed Medicaid $832.21 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $863.61 ↓ -31%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $946.50 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $958.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $1,117.03 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $1,149.60 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $1,210.00 ↓ -3%
Anthem All Products Physician $1,210.00 ↓ -3%
United HMO & PPO $1,218.26 ↓ -2%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,338.66 ↑ +7%
GMS All Products $1,341.20 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $1,341.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna All Products First Health $1,437.00 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health All Products $1,437.00 ↑ +15%
United All Products $1,442.81 ↑ +16%
Aetna Asa $1,532.80 ↑ +23%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $1,689.45 ↑ +36%
Multiplan All Products $1,724.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,916.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,996.53 ↑ +141%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,996.53 ↑ +141%
OPTUM All Products VA $2,996.53 ↑ +141%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO $2,996.53 ↑ +141%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,101.41 ↑ +149%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +152%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +152%
Valor HMO & PPO $3,136.68 ↑ +152%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +152%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,136.68 ↑ +152%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,230.78 ↑ +159%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,236.25 ↑ +160%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,387.61 ↑ +172%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $3,450.35 ↑ +177%
MMO SuperMed $5,497.86 ↑ +341%
MMO NASCO $5,497.86 ↑ +341%
ANTHEM HPN $7,898.79 ↑ +534%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $8,073.81 ↑ +548%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $9,292.73 ↑ +646%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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V-exc/lip/w/pri linear closure 40520 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,245.40 $1.10 – $3,136.68
mercy hospital Canton $1,245.40 $1.10 – $3,230.78
avon hospital Avon not published $799.91 – $3,450.35
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,305.97 – $1,512.17
euclid hospital Euclid not published $819.53 – $3,450.35
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $769.90 – $3,450.35
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $732.97 – $3,450.35
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $802.12 – $3,450.35

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