Oph Ultrasound dx quan a-scan only 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

$127.50

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.

$170.00

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.

$78.20 with Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan vs $300.28 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
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $78.20 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $78.20 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $78.20 ↓ -39%
Immergrun Commercial $85.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $85.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $85.00 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $86.70 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $93.33 ↓ -27%
AultCare Commercial $93.50 ↓ -27%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Humana Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Molina Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $98.91 ↓ -22%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $101.88 ↓ -20%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -19%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -19%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $110.50 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $110.50 ↓ -13%
Beech Street Commercial $136.00 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $136.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $141.10 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $144.50 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $146.20 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $153.00 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $153.00 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $153.00 ↑ +20%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $161.25 ↑ +26%
CareSource Marketplace $178.03 ↑ +40%
Ambetter Commercial $178.03 ↑ +40%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $188.73 ↑ +48%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $210.38 ↑ +65%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $229.98 ↑ +80%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $235.90 ↑ +85%
Cigna Commercial $250.04 ↑ +96%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $252.84 ↑ +98%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $255.53 ↑ +100%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $258.03 ↑ +102%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $269.64 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare Commercial $300.28 ↑ +136%
Amerihealth Caritas 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 —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Oph Ultrasound dx quan a-scan only at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $660.40 $1.10 – $660.60
akron general Akron $660.40 $0.87 – $660.60
avon hospital Avon $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
euclid hospital Euclid $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
fairview hospital Cleveland $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $477.10 $0.87 – $660.60

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