Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center

36000 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1972689172

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Ingested Aug 14, 2026

$3,543.75

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.

$4,725.00

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.

$900.00 with SummaCare vs $50,361.46 with United Healthcare — 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
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -75%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,890.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial $1,910.00 ↓ -46%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $2,173.50 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $2,173.50 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $2,173.50 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $2,362.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $2,362.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $2,362.50 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $2,598.75 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Commercial $3,071.25 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $3,071.25 ↓ -13%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,780.00 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $3,780.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $3,921.75 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $4,016.25 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $4,063.50 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial $4,252.50 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $4,252.50 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $4,252.50 ↑ +20%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Molina Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16,588.34 ↑ +368%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $17,085.99 ↑ +382%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $17,417.76 ↑ +392%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17,417.76 ↑ +392%
Ambetter Commercial $29,859.02 ↑ +743%
CareSource Marketplace $29,859.02 ↑ +743%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $31,653.26 ↑ +793%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $35,284.38 ↑ +896%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $38,570.61 ↑ +988%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $39,564.12 ↑ +1016%
Cigna Commercial $41,935.23 ↑ +1083%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $42,405.53 ↑ +1097%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $42,856.23 ↑ +1109%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $43,275.59 ↑ +1121%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $45,223.42 ↑ +1176%
United Healthcare Commercial $50,361.46 ↑ +1321%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $13,236.60 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $13,236.60 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $13,236.60 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $13,236.60 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $13,236.60 not published
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