Dx laryngoscopy w/oper scope at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center
36000 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1972689172
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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.
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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.
$1,683.92 with Aetna vs $5,112.30 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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | $1,683.92 | — |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | $1,734.44 | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $1,768.12 | — |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | $1,768.12 | — |
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $1,857.44 | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | $3,031.06 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | $3,031.06 | — |
| Anthem | Pathway HMO Commercial | $3,213.19 | — |
| Anthem | Pathway PPO Commercial | $3,581.79 | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $3,915.38 | — |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $4,016.24 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,256.93 | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA | Northern Ohio Commercial | $4,304.67 | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $4,350.42 | — |
| Medical Mutual Traditional | Commercial | $4,392.99 | — |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $4,590.72 | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,112.30 | — |
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Dx laryngoscopy w/oper scope at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $14,868.50 | $1,734.55 – $1,769.24 |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $13,114.86 | $3,822.46 – $3,898.91 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $5,156.45 | $1.10 – $7,139.70 |
| akron general | Akron | $668.20 | $1.10 – $1,734.44 |
| mercy hospital | Canton | $668.20 | $1.10 – $1,734.44 |
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road | $2,907.75 | $1,683.92 – $3,367.84 |
| St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital | Youngstown | $12,430.50 | $3,729.35 – $3,729.35 |
| St Anne Hospital | Toledo | $13,650.36 | $1,729.09 – $1,763.67 |