Brachy src stranded c-131 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$119.11 with WellCare by AllWell vs $334.87 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Anthem Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Cigna Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Humana Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Molina Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.11 —
Paramount Medicare Advantage $122.68 —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $125.07 —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $125.07 —
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $210.47 —
CareSource Marketplace $214.40 —
Ambetter Commercial $214.40 —
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $234.62 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $256.47 —
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $263.08 —
Cigna Commercial $278.84 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $281.97 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $284.97 —
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $287.75 —
Anthem Traditional Commercial $300.71 —
United Healthcare Commercial $334.87 —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Brachy src stranded c-131 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $126.75 $55.15 – $3,174.78
akron general Akron not published $99.66 – $2,520.05
avon hospital Avon not published $99.99 – $2,378.61
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $3,810.83 – $4,412.54
euclid hospital Euclid not published $88.79 – $2,768.99
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $88.79 – $2,601.32
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $99.99 – $2,476.55
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $88.79 – $2,710.18

All Ohio hospitals for this procedure →