Cystouretero w/lithotripsy 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

$11,789.25

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.

$15,719.00

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 $15,400.39 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 ↓ -92%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $2,693.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $3,234.00 ↓ -73%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5,072.67 ↓ -57%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5,224.85 ↓ -56%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5,326.31 ↓ -55%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5,326.31 ↓ -55%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $7,230.74 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $7,230.74 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $7,230.74 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $7,859.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $7,859.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $7,859.50 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $8,645.45 ↓ -27%
CareSource Marketplace $9,130.81 ↓ -23%
Ambetter Commercial $9,130.81 ↓ -23%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $9,679.48 ↓ -18%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $10,217.35 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $10,217.35 ↓ -13%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $10,789.86 ↓ -8%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $11,794.78 ↑ +0%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $12,098.60 ↑ +3%
Beech Street Commercial $12,575.20 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $12,575.20 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial $12,823.67 ↑ +9%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $12,967.49 ↑ +10%
First Health Commercial $13,046.77 ↑ +11%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $13,105.31 ↑ +11%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $13,233.55 ↑ +12%
Century Health Network Commercial $13,361.15 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $13,518.34 ↑ +15%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $13,829.19 ↑ +17%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $14,147.10 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $14,147.10 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $14,147.10 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Commercial $15,400.39 ↑ +31%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $36,825.62 $5,225.18 – $5,329.68
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