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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center
36000 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1972689172
$208.65
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.
$278.20
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.
$57.74 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) vs $129.92 with MultiPlan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $57.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Anthem | Pathway HMO Commercial | $64.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Anthem | Pathway PPO Commercial | $64.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $66.41 | ↓ -68% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $66.41 | ↓ -68% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $66.41 | ↓ -68% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $68.86 | ↓ -67% |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $70.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $70.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $72.18 | ↓ -65% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $72.18 | ↓ -65% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $72.18 | ↓ -65% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $73.62 | ↓ -65% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA | Northern Ohio Commercial | $75.07 | ↓ -64% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional | Commercial | $77.95 | ↓ -63% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $77.95 | ↓ -63% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $79.40 | ↓ -62% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $93.83 | ↓ -55% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $93.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $115.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $115.49 | ↓ -45% |
| First Health | Commercial | $119.82 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $120.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $122.71 | ↓ -41% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $124.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $129.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $129.92 | ↓ -38% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $129.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | not published by hospital | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva | $208.65 | $28.87 – $129.92 |
| University Hospitals St. John Medical Center | Westlake OH | $208.65 | $27.22 – $129.92 |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center | Ashland | $208.65 | $39.43 – $143.64 |
| University Hospitals Parma Medical Center | Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard | $208.65 | $30.78 – $30.78 |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center | Ravenna OH 44266 | $208.65 | $41.70 – $41.70 |
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road | $208.65 | $64.44 – $64.44 |