Osmolality urine 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

$75.75

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.

$101.00

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.

$3.89 with Cigna vs $69.30 with MultiPlan — 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
Cigna Commercial $3.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $6.82 ↓ -91%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $6.82 ↓ -91%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $6.82 ↓ -91%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $6.82 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.82 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial $6.83 ↓ -91%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $7.02 ↓ -91%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $7.16 ↓ -91%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $7.16 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.81 ↓ -90%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $9.51 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $10.23 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $10.23 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $10.23 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $10.23 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial $12.28 ↓ -84%
CareSource Marketplace $12.28 ↓ -84%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $35.42 ↓ -53%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $35.42 ↓ -53%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $35.42 ↓ -53%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $38.50 ↓ -49%
Immergrun Commercial $38.50 ↓ -49%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $38.50 ↓ -49%
SummaCare Commercial $39.27 ↓ -48%
AultCare Commercial $42.35 ↓ -44%
HealthSmart Commercial $50.05 ↓ -34%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $50.05 ↓ -34%
Beech Street Commercial $61.60 ↓ -19%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $61.60 ↓ -19%
First Health Commercial $63.91 ↓ -16%
Century Health Network Commercial $65.45 ↓ -14%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $66.22 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $69.30 ↓ -9%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $69.30 ↓ -9%
MultiPlan Commercial $69.30 ↓ -9%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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