Insert picvad cath 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

$2,907.75

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.

$3,877.00

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 $9,069.07 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 ↓ -69%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,783.42 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,783.42 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,783.42 ↓ -39%
Immergrun Commercial $1,938.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,938.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,938.50 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $2,132.35 ↓ -27%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $2,453.36 ↓ -16%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,520.05 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,520.05 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $2,971.00 ↑ +2%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,987.22 ↑ +3%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $3,076.84 ↑ +6%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,101.60 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $3,101.60 ↑ +7%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $3,136.58 ↑ +8%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $3,136.58 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial $3,217.91 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,295.45 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,334.22 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,489.30 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,489.30 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,489.30 ↑ +20%
CareSource Marketplace $5,377.00 ↑ +85%
Ambetter Commercial $5,377.00 ↑ +85%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $5,700.10 ↑ +96%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $6,353.99 ↑ +119%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $6,945.78 ↑ +139%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $7,124.69 ↑ +145%
Cigna Commercial $7,551.67 ↑ +160%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $7,636.37 ↑ +163%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $7,717.53 ↑ +165%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $7,793.05 ↑ +168%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $8,143.81 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,069.07 ↑ +212%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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