Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$9,178.50

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.

$12,238.00

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 $30,020.71 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 ↓ -90%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $4,895.20 ↓ -47%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $5,629.48 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $5,629.48 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $5,629.48 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $6,119.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $6,119.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $6,119.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $6,730.90 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $7,954.70 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $7,954.70 ↓ -13%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $9,790.40 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $9,790.40 ↑ +7%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9,888.39 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $10,157.54 ↑ +11%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $10,185.05 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $10,206.49 ↑ +11%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $10,382.81 ↑ +13%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $10,382.81 ↑ +13%
Century Health Network Commercial $10,402.30 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $10,524.68 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $11,014.20 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $11,014.20 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $11,014.20 ↑ +20%
CareSource Marketplace $17,799.11 ↑ +94%
Ambetter Commercial $17,799.11 ↑ +94%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $18,868.66 ↑ +106%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $21,033.19 ↑ +129%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $22,992.13 ↑ +150%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $23,584.36 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial $24,997.79 ↑ +172%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $25,278.14 ↑ +175%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $25,546.81 ↑ +178%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $25,796.78 ↑ +181%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $26,957.90 ↑ +194%
United Healthcare Commercial $30,020.71 ↑ +227%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $10,309.20 not published
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