Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis 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

$386.25

Cash price

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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.

$515.00

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.

$206.00 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) vs $628.96 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
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $206.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $207.17 ↓ -46%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $213.38 ↓ -45%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $217.53 ↓ -44%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $217.53 ↓ -44%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $236.90 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $236.90 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $236.90 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $257.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $257.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $257.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $262.65 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $283.25 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $334.75 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $334.75 ↓ -13%
Ambetter Commercial $372.90 ↓ -3%
CareSource Marketplace $372.90 ↓ -3%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $395.31 ↑ +2%
Beech Street Commercial $412.00 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $412.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $427.45 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $429.51 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $437.75 ↑ +13%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $440.66 ↑ +14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $442.90 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial $463.50 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $463.50 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $463.50 ↑ +20%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $481.70 ↑ +25%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $494.11 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $523.72 ↑ +36%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $529.60 ↑ +37%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $535.22 ↑ +39%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $540.46 ↑ +40%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $564.79 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Commercial $628.96 ↑ +63%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye 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 —

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