Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$830.25

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.

$1,107.00

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.

$184.91 with WellCare by AllWell vs $996.30 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $184.91 ↓ -78%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $190.46 ↓ -77%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $194.16 ↓ -77%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $194.16 ↓ -77%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $326.74 ↓ -61%
Ambetter Commercial $332.84 ↓ -60%
CareSource Marketplace $332.84 ↓ -60%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $364.23 ↓ -56%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $398.15 ↓ -52%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $408.40 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $432.88 ↓ -48%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $437.73 ↓ -47%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $442.39 ↓ -47%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $442.80 ↓ -47%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $446.72 ↓ -46%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $466.82 ↓ -44%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $509.22 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $509.22 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $509.22 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial $519.86 ↓ -37%
Immergrun Commercial $553.50 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $553.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $553.50 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $564.57 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $608.85 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $719.55 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $719.55 ↓ -13%
Beech Street Commercial $885.60 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $885.60 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $918.81 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $923.24 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $940.95 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $952.02 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $996.30 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $996.30 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $996.30 ↑ +20%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $292.80 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati $292.80 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia $292.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $292.80 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $292.80 not published
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $561.89 $441.60 – $566.72
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $816.40 $1.10 – $1,130.40
akron general Akron $816.40 $165.96 – $1,130.40

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