Dest mal lesion tal 0.6-1.0cm 17261 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

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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.

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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.

$189.82 with WellCare by AllWell vs $576.27 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Anthem Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Cigna Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Humana Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Molina Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $189.82 —
Paramount Medicare Advantage $195.51 —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $199.31 —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $199.31 —
CareSource Marketplace $341.67 —
Ambetter Commercial $341.67 —
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $362.20 —
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $403.75 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $441.35 —
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $452.72 —
Cigna Commercial $479.85 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $485.23 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $490.39 —
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $495.19 —
Anthem Traditional Commercial $517.48 —
United Healthcare Commercial $576.27 —

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Dest mal lesion tal 0.6-1.0cm 17261 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $387.40 $0.01 – $536.40
akron general Akron $349.05 $1.10 – $198.28
mercy hospital Canton $349.05 $1.10 – $198.00
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $379.50 $189.82 – $379.63
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville $90.00 not published
avon hospital Avon not published $143.69 – $208.80
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $234.59 – $271.63
euclid hospital Euclid not published $147.21 – $208.80

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