Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen sgl lead sys 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

$8,797.50

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.

$11,730.00

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 $23,768.95 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 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $2,971.00 ↓ -66%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $4,692.00 ↓ -47%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $5,395.80 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $5,395.80 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $5,395.80 ↓ -39%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $5,865.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $5,865.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $5,865.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $6,451.50 ↓ -27%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $7,624.50 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Commercial $7,624.50 ↓ -13%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7,829.16 ↓ -11%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $8,064.03 ↓ -8%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $8,220.61 ↓ -7%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $8,220.61 ↓ -7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $9,384.00 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $9,384.00 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $9,735.90 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $9,970.50 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $10,087.80 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial $10,557.00 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $10,557.00 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $10,557.00 ↑ +20%
CareSource Marketplace $14,092.48 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Commercial $14,092.48 ↑ +60%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $14,939.30 ↑ +70%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $16,653.07 ↑ +89%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $18,204.06 ↑ +107%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $18,672.96 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial $19,792.05 ↑ +125%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $20,014.01 ↑ +127%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $20,226.73 ↑ +130%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $20,424.65 ↑ +132%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $21,343.97 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare Commercial $23,768.95 ↑ +170%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen sgl lead sys at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $13,515.00 not published
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $13,971.75 $1.10 – $19,345.50
akron general Akron $13,971.75 $1.10 – $19,345.50
avon hospital Avon $13,971.75 $598.47 – $19,345.50
euclid hospital Euclid $13,971.75 $407.68 – $19,345.50
fairview hospital Cleveland $13,971.75 $403.90 – $19,345.50
lutheran hospital Cleveland $13,971.75 $403.90 – $19,345.50
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $13,971.75 $403.90 – $19,345.50

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