Afo molded to patient plasti 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

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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.

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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.

$598.47 with Medical Mutual of Ohio vs $1,077.25 with Ambetter — 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
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $598.47
Humana Medicare Advantage $598.47
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $598.47
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $598.47
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $598.47
Anthem Traditional Commercial $598.47
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $598.47
Anthem Medicare Advantage $598.47
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $598.47
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $598.47
Aetna Medicare Advantage $598.47
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $598.47
Molina Medicare Advantage $598.47
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $598.47
Cigna Medicare Advantage $598.47
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $598.47
Paramount Medicare Advantage $616.42
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $628.39
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $628.39
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $897.71
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $897.71
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $897.71
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $897.71
CareSource Marketplace $1,077.25
Ambetter Commercial $1,077.25

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Afo molded to patient plasti at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $372.59 $1.10 – $759.76
akron general Akron $1,618.50 $264.38 – $2,241.00
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $1,042.23 not published
Shelby Hospital Shelby $1,006.29 not published
Berger Hospital Circleville $1,042.23 $598.47 – $598.47
Grant Medical Center Columbus $1,042.23 not published
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge $1,042.23 not published
Doctors Hospital Columbus $1,042.23 not published

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