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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector 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.

$5.53 with Aetna vs $9.95 with CareSource — 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 $5.53
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $5.53
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.53
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $5.53
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $5.53
Anthem Traditional Commercial $5.53
Cigna Medicare Advantage $5.53
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.53
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.53
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.53
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.53
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $5.53
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.53
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.53
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $5.53
Paramount Medicare Advantage $5.70
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $5.81
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $5.81
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $8.30
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $8.30
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $8.30
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $8.30
Ambetter Commercial $9.95
CareSource Marketplace $9.95

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva not published $18.66 – $25.10
University Hospitals St. John Medical Center Westlake OH not published $9.71 – $25.10
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center Ashland not published $14.07 – $14.07
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center Parma OH 44129|7007 Powers Boulevard not published $5.53 – $9.95
University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Ravenna OH 44266 not published $5.53 – $9.95
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland OH 44106|3999 Richmond Road not published $5.53 – $9.95

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