Consultation pathology during surgery at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center
36000 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1972689172
$141.75
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$189.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$33.39 with Aetna vs $170.10 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Commercial | $33.39 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $55.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $57.49 | ↓ -59% |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $58.60 | ↓ -59% |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $58.60 | ↓ -59% |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $75.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $86.94 | ↓ -39% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $86.94 | ↓ -39% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $86.94 | ↓ -39% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $94.50 | ↓ -33% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $94.50 | ↓ -33% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $94.50 | ↓ -33% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $96.39 | ↓ -32% |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $100.46 | ↓ -29% |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $100.46 | ↓ -29% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $103.95 | ↓ -27% |
| Anthem | Pathway HMO Commercial | $106.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Anthem | Pathway PPO Commercial | $118.71 | ↓ -16% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $122.85 | ↓ -13% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $122.85 | ↓ -13% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $129.77 | ↓ -8% |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $133.11 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $141.09 | ↓ -0% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA | Northern Ohio Commercial | $142.67 | ↑ +1% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $144.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional | Commercial | $145.60 | ↑ +3% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $151.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $151.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $152.15 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial | $156.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $160.65 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $162.54 | ↑ +15% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $169.44 | ↑ +20% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $170.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $170.10 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $170.10 | ↑ +20% |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | 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 | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Consultation pathology during surgery at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $96.60 | not published |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $266.50 | $1.10 – $369.00 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | $141.75 | $34.54 – $170.10 |
| University Hospitals Beachwood Medical Center | Beachwood | $141.75 | $55.81 – $170.10 |
| University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | $131.25 | $34.54 – $80.13 |
| University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | $141.75 | $44.64 – $100.46 |
| University Hospitals Regional Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center | Chardon | $141.75 | $34.54 – $100.46 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $131.25 | $34.54 – $80.13 |