Collar cerv adlt perfit ace extric 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

$29.25

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.

$38.99

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.

$12.75 with Cigna vs $132.41 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
Cigna Commercial $12.75 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $12.75 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $12.75 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $12.75 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $12.75 ↓ -56%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $13.40 ↓ -54%
AultCare Commercial $13.40 ↓ -54%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $17.61 ↓ -40%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $17.61 ↓ -40%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $17.61 ↓ -40%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $19.14 ↓ -35%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $19.14 ↓ -35%
Immergrun Commercial $19.14 ↓ -35%
SummaCare Commercial $19.53 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $20.68 ↓ -29%
HealthSmart Commercial $24.89 ↓ -15%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $24.89 ↓ -15%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $30.63 ↑ +5%
Beech Street Commercial $30.63 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial $31.78 ↑ +9%
Century Health Network Commercial $32.55 ↑ +11%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $32.93 ↑ +13%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $34.46 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan Commercial $34.46 ↑ +18%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $34.46 ↑ +18%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $73.56 ↑ +151%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $73.56 ↑ +151%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $73.56 ↑ +151%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $73.56 ↑ +151%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Humana Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Molina Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $73.56 ↑ +151%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $75.77 ↑ +159%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $77.24 ↑ +164%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $77.24 ↑ +164%
CareSource Marketplace $132.41 ↑ +353%
Ambetter Commercial $132.41 ↑ +353%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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