Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center
36000 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby OH 44094|7590 Auburn Road, OH · University Hospitals · · NPI 1972689172
$20.34
Cash price 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.
$27.12
Gross charge 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.
$6.90 with University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) vs $15.53 with Ohio Health Choice — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) | Commercial | $6.90 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | Pathway PPO Commercial | $7.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Anthem | Pathway HMO Commercial | $7.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Amish Aid Community Plan | Fund | $7.94 | ↓ -61% |
| Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan | Fund | $7.94 | ↓ -61% |
| Buckeye Plain Ministries | Fund | $7.94 | ↓ -61% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | MedFlex Commercial | $8.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Anthem | Blue Access Commercial | $8.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Anthem | Traditional Commercial | $8.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Immergrun | Commercial | $8.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries | Fund | $8.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Sunrise Plan Communities | Fund | $8.63 | ↓ -58% |
| SummaCare | Commercial | $8.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA | Northern Ohio Commercial | $8.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | SuperMed Commercial | $9.32 | ↓ -54% |
| Medical Mutual Traditional | Commercial | $9.32 | ↓ -54% |
| AultCare | Commercial | $9.49 | ↓ -53% |
| HealthSmart | Commercial | $11.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial | $11.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Ohio Preferred Network | Commercial | $13.81 | ↓ -32% |
| Beech Street | Commercial | $13.81 | ↓ -32% |
| First Health | Commercial | $14.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $14.39 | ↓ -29% |
| Century Health Network | Commercial | $14.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Private Healthcare System | Commercial | $14.84 | ↓ -27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial | $15.53 | ↓ -24% |
| Fortified Provider Network | Commercial | $15.53 | ↓ -24% |
| Ohio Health Choice | Commercial | $15.53 | ↓ -24% |
| WellCare by AllWell | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna (Ohio Rise) | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Buckeye | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| CareSource | Marketplace | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Medical Mutual of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Paramount | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Perennial Advantage of Ohio | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Primetime Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| SummaCare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Valor Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Ohio hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jewish Hospital | Cincinnati | $40.80 | not published |
| Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | $37.80 | not published |
| Clermont Hospital | Batavia | $37.80 | not published |
| Mercy West Hospital | Cincinnati | $37.80 | not published |
| St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | $120.00 | not published |
| Trinity Medical Center East | Steubenville | $38.19 | $1.25 – $27.72 |
| cleveland clinic main campus | Cleveland | $8.45 | $0.87 – $11.70 |
| akron general | Akron | $14.95 | $0.01 – $8.86 |