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Vbac/include postpartum care 59614 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

$5,324.80

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.

$8,192.00

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 $8,192.00 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
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $727.38 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $794.49 ↓ -85%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $823.29 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $866.62 ↓ -84%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $909.95 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $909.95 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $951.18 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $953.28 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $953.28 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
United Medicare Advantage $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
Valor All Products $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
The Health Plan All Products $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,059.32 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,063.09 ↓ -80%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,112.29 ↓ -79%
PPHP All Products $1,165.25 ↓ -78%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,565.27 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,565.27 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $1,825.19 ↓ -66%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,838.33 ↓ -65%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,921.25 ↓ -64%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,017.31 ↓ -62%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,017.31 ↓ -62%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,017.31 ↓ -62%
MMO SuperMed $2,030.34 ↓ -62%
MMO NASCO $2,030.34 ↓ -62%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,036.53 ↓ -62%
United HMO & PPO $2,073.71 ↓ -61%
Oscar All Products $2,081.59 ↓ -61%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,113.38 ↓ -60%
Summacare Preferred $2,161.01 ↓ -59%
United All Products - Mid-Level $2,239.60 ↓ -58%
Summacare Premier $2,282.84 ↓ -57%
United All Products $2,396.28 ↓ -55%
OHCP All Products $3,186.69 ↓ -40%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $3,975.43 ↓ -25%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $3,975.43 ↓ -25%
Anthem All Products Physician $3,975.43 ↓ -25%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $4,046.85 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $4,096.00 ↓ -23%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,775.94 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,915.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $5,734.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $5,734.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $6,144.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $6,144.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,553.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $7,372.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $8,192.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Vbac/include postpartum care 59614 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,324.80 $1.10 – $7,372.80
mercy hospital Canton $5,324.80 $1.10 – $7,372.80
avon hospital Avon not published $1,957.47 – $1,994.76
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,195.85 – $3,700.46
euclid hospital Euclid not published $2,005.49 – $2,322.14
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,884.05 – $2,181.53
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,793.68 – $2,076.89
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $1,962.89 – $2,272.82

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