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Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs > 30 min on encounter date 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.

$104.03 with WellCare by AllWell vs $187.26 with CareSource — 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $104.03
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $104.03
Humana Medicare Advantage $104.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $104.03
Molina Medicare Advantage $104.03
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $104.03
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $104.03
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $104.03
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $104.03
Aetna Medicare Advantage $104.03
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $104.03
Anthem Medicare Advantage $104.03
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $104.03
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $104.03
Anthem Traditional Commercial $104.03
Cigna Medicare Advantage $104.03
Paramount Medicare Advantage $107.16
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $109.24
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $109.24
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $156.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $156.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $156.05
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $156.05
Ambetter Commercial $187.26
CareSource Marketplace $187.26

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Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs > 30 min on encounter date at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $559.00 $1.10 – $774.00
akron general Akron $559.00 $1.10 – $774.00
mercy hospital Canton $559.00 $1.10 – $774.00
avon hospital Avon not published $18.61 – $18.96
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $30.37 – $35.17
euclid hospital Euclid not published $19.06 – $22.07
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $17.91 – $20.74
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $17.04 – $19.73

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