Cltx mndblr fx w/mnpj 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

$1,756.50

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.

$2,342.00

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 $4,456.53 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%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,077.32 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,077.32 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,077.32 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,171.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,171.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,171.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $1,288.10 ↓ -27%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,467.92 ↓ -16%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,511.96 ↓ -14%
HealthSmart Commercial $1,522.30 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $1,522.30 ↓ -13%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,541.31 ↓ -12%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,541.31 ↓ -12%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $1,873.60 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $1,873.60 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $1,943.86 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $1,953.23 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $1,990.70 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,014.12 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,107.80 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,107.80 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,107.80 ↑ +20%
CareSource Marketplace $2,642.25 ↑ +50%
Ambetter Commercial $2,642.25 ↑ +50%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $2,693.60 ↑ +53%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $2,801.03 ↑ +59%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $3,122.35 ↑ +78%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $3,413.15 ↑ +94%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $3,501.07 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial $3,710.89 ↑ +111%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $3,752.51 ↑ +114%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $3,792.39 ↑ +116%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $3,829.50 ↑ +118%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $4,001.86 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,456.53 ↑ +154%
United Healthcare 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 —
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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