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Proton trmt simple w/comp 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.

$1,182.35 with Aetna vs $3,589.57 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 Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,182.35
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,217.82
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,241.47
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,241.47
Ambetter Commercial $2,128.23
CareSource Marketplace $2,128.23
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $2,256.12
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $2,514.93
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $2,749.16
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $2,819.98
Cigna Commercial $2,988.98
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $3,022.50
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $3,054.63
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $3,084.52
Anthem Traditional Commercial $3,223.35
United Healthcare Commercial $3,589.57

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Proton trmt simple w/comp at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road $4,263.75 $1,182.35 – $2,128.23
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland not published $989.77 – $1,300.59
akron general Akron not published $785.65 – $1,300.59
avon hospital Avon not published $842.59 – $1,300.59
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $1,375.65 – $1,592.86
euclid hospital Euclid not published $863.26 – $1,300.59
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $810.99 – $1,300.59
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $772.08 – $1,300.59

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