Bx vulva or perineum/1 lesion 56605 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

$2,212.50

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.

$2,950.00

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.

$871.38 with WellCare by AllWell vs $2,655.00 with MultiPlan — 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $871.38 ↓ -61%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $897.53 ↓ -59%
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -59%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $914.95 ↓ -59%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $914.95 ↓ -59%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,180.00 ↓ -47%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,357.00 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,357.00 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,357.00 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,475.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,475.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,475.00 ↓ -33%
CareSource Marketplace $1,568.49 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Commercial $1,568.49 ↓ -29%
AultCare Commercial $1,622.50 ↓ -27%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $1,662.74 ↓ -25%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $1,853.48 ↓ -16%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,917.50 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,917.50 ↓ -13%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $2,026.11 ↓ -8%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $2,078.30 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial $2,202.85 ↓ -0%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $2,227.56 ↑ +1%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $2,251.23 ↑ +2%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $2,273.26 ↑ +3%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,360.00 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $2,360.00 ↑ +7%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $2,375.58 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $2,448.50 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $2,460.30 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,507.50 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,537.00 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,645.48 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,655.00 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,655.00 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,655.00 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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