Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 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

$3,822.00

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.

$5,096.00

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 $3,828.45 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 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,261.04 ↓ -67%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $1,298.87 ↓ -66%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,324.09 ↓ -65%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $1,324.09 ↓ -65%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,439.20 ↓ -62%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,655.08 ↓ -57%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,655.08 ↓ -57%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,655.08 ↓ -57%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,799.00 ↓ -53%
Immergrun Commercial $1,799.00 ↓ -53%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,799.00 ↓ -53%
AultCare Commercial $1,978.90 ↓ -48%
CareSource Marketplace $2,269.86 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Commercial $2,269.86 ↓ -41%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,338.70 ↓ -39%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,338.70 ↓ -39%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $2,406.26 ↓ -37%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $2,682.30 ↓ -30%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,878.40 ↓ -25%
Beech Street Commercial $2,878.40 ↓ -25%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $2,932.12 ↓ -23%
First Health Commercial $2,986.34 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $3,000.73 ↓ -21%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $3,007.64 ↓ -21%
Century Health Network Commercial $3,058.30 ↓ -20%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $3,094.28 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial $3,187.89 ↓ -17%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $3,223.65 ↓ -16%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $3,238.20 ↓ -15%
MultiPlan Commercial $3,238.20 ↓ -15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $3,238.20 ↓ -15%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $3,257.91 ↓ -15%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $3,289.79 ↓ -14%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $3,437.86 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,828.45 ↑ +0%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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