Insitu hybridization auto 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

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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.

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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.

$72.51 with Aetna vs $1,029.54 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
Aetna Commercial $72.51 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Anthem Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Cigna Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Humana Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Molina Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $339.12 —
Paramount Medicare Advantage $349.29 —
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $356.07 —
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $356.07 —
Ambetter Commercial $610.41 —
CareSource Marketplace $610.41 —
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $647.09 —
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $721.32 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $788.50 —
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $808.81 —
Cigna Commercial $857.28 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $866.90 —
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $876.11 —
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $884.69 —
Anthem Traditional Commercial $924.50 —
United Healthcare Commercial $1,029.54 —

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Insitu hybridization auto at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $1,538.88 $81.56 – $285.67
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,613.30 $68.50 – $2,233.80
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin $716.95 $345.62 – $1,215.41
Shelby Hospital Shelby $603.20 not published
Berger Hospital Circleville $505.70 $155.84 – $155.84
Grant Medical Center Columbus $716.95 $345.62 – $1,215.41
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge $517.40 $339.12 – $352.68
Doctors Hospital Columbus $716.95 $353.18 – $1,215.41

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