Remove anal fist subq 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

$3,249.75

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.

$4,333.00

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.

$900.00 with SummaCare vs $7,972.37 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
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -72%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,993.18 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,993.18 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,993.18 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $2,166.50 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $2,166.50 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $2,166.50 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $2,383.15 ↓ -27%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $2,453.36 ↓ -25%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,625.99 ↓ -19%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $2,704.77 ↓ -17%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,757.29 ↓ -15%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $2,757.29 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,816.45 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,816.45 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $2,971.00 ↓ -9%
Beech Street Commercial $3,466.40 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $3,466.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $3,596.39 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,683.05 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,726.38 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,899.70 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,899.70 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,899.70 ↑ +20%
Ambetter Commercial $4,726.78 ↑ +45%
CareSource Marketplace $4,726.78 ↑ +45%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $5,010.81 ↑ +54%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $5,585.62 ↑ +72%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $6,105.84 ↑ +88%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $6,263.12 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial $6,638.47 ↑ +104%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $6,712.92 ↑ +107%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $6,784.27 ↑ +109%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $6,850.66 ↑ +111%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $7,159.00 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,972.37 ↑ +145%
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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