Bx breast perq without image 19100 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

$1,748.25

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.

$2,331.00

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 $4,743.81 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 ↓ -49%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,072.26 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,072.26 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,072.26 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,165.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,165.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,165.50 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $1,282.05 ↓ -27%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,441.44 ↓ -18%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,515.15 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,515.15 ↓ -13%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,562.54 ↓ -11%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,609.41 ↓ -8%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,640.67 ↓ -6%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,640.67 ↓ -6%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $1,864.80 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $1,864.80 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $1,934.73 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $1,944.05 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $1,981.35 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,004.66 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,097.90 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,097.90 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,097.90 ↑ +20%
Ambetter Commercial $2,812.57 ↑ +61%
CareSource Marketplace $2,812.57 ↑ +61%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $2,981.59 ↑ +71%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $3,323.62 ↑ +90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,633.17 ↑ +108%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $3,726.75 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $3,950.10 ↑ +126%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $3,994.40 ↑ +128%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $4,036.85 ↑ +131%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $4,076.35 ↑ +133%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $4,259.83 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,743.81 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Bx breast perq without image 19100 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $1,264.80 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $3,159.65 $0.01 – $4,374.90
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euclid hospital Euclid $3,159.65 $0.01 – $4,374.90
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