Creatinine 24 hour urine 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

$73.50

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.

$98.00

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.

$2.95 with Cigna vs $14.40 with Ohio Health Choice — 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 $2.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $5.18 ↓ -93%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $5.18 ↓ -93%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $5.18 ↓ -93%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $5.18 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial $5.18 ↓ -93%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5.34 ↓ -93%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↓ -93%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $5.94 ↓ -92%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $7.22 ↓ -90%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $7.36 ↓ -90%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $7.36 ↓ -90%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $7.36 ↓ -90%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $7.77 ↓ -89%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $7.77 ↓ -89%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $7.77 ↓ -89%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $7.77 ↓ -89%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $8.00 ↓ -89%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $8.00 ↓ -89%
Immergrun Commercial $8.00 ↓ -89%
SummaCare Commercial $8.16 ↓ -89%
AultCare Commercial $8.80 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial $9.32 ↓ -87%
CareSource Marketplace $9.32 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart Commercial $10.40 ↓ -86%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $10.40 ↓ -86%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $12.80 ↓ -83%
Beech Street Commercial $12.80 ↓ -83%
First Health Commercial $13.28 ↓ -82%
Century Health Network Commercial $13.60 ↓ -81%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $13.76 ↓ -81%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
MultiPlan Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid 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 —

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