Controler lvad heartmate 3 includes ebb 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

$13,218.75

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.

$17,625.00

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 $32,206.95 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
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial $4,945.05 ↓ -63%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $5,756.24 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $5,756.24 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $5,756.24 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $5,756.24 ↓ -56%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $5,940.00 ↓ -55%
AultCare Commercial $6,050.10 ↓ -54%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $6,831.00 ↓ -48%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $6,831.00 ↓ -48%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $6,831.00 ↓ -48%
Immergrun Commercial $7,425.00 ↓ -44%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $7,425.00 ↓ -44%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $7,425.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $9,334.44 ↓ -29%
HealthSmart Commercial $9,652.50 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $9,652.50 ↓ -27%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $11,880.00 ↓ -10%
Beech Street Commercial $11,880.00 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial $12,325.50 ↓ -7%
Century Health Network Commercial $12,622.50 ↓ -5%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $12,771.00 ↓ -3%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $13,365.00 ↑ +1%
MultiPlan Commercial $13,365.00 ↑ +1%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $13,365.00 ↑ +1%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17,892.75 ↑ +35%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $18,429.53 ↑ +39%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $18,787.39 ↑ +42%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $18,787.39 ↑ +42%
CareSource Marketplace $32,206.95 ↑ +144%
Ambetter Commercial $32,206.95 ↑ +144%
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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Controler lvad heartmate 3 includes ebb at other Ohio hospitals

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