Unlisted dx gi procedure 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

$2,470.50

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.

$3,294.00

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.

$121.73 with WellCare by AllWell vs $2,964.60 with MultiPlan — 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
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $121.73 ↓ -95%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $125.39 ↓ -95%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $127.82 ↓ -95%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $127.82 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Commercial $219.12 ↓ -91%
CareSource Marketplace $219.12 ↓ -91%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $232.30 ↓ -91%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $258.94 ↓ -90%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $283.06 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $290.35 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $307.75 ↓ -88%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $311.20 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $314.51 ↓ -87%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $317.59 ↓ -87%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $331.88 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial $369.59 ↓ -85%
SummaCare Commercial $900.00 ↓ -64%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,317.60 ↓ -47%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,515.24 ↓ -39%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,515.24 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,515.24 ↓ -39%
Immergrun Commercial $1,647.00 ↓ -33%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,647.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,647.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $1,811.70 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,141.10 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,141.10 ↓ -13%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,635.20 ↑ +7%
Beech Street Commercial $2,635.20 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $2,734.02 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $2,747.20 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,799.90 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,832.84 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,964.60 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,964.60 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,964.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina 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 —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Unlisted dx gi procedure at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $256.75 $109.81 – $355.50
akron general Akron $1,245.40 $0.01 – $1,674.00
avon hospital Avon $311.35 $121.73 – $431.10
euclid hospital Euclid $311.35 $121.73 – $431.10
fairview hospital Cleveland $311.35 $121.73 – $431.10
lutheran hospital Cleveland $311.35 $121.73 – $431.10
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $311.35 $121.73 – $431.10
marymount hospital Garfield Heights $311.35 $121.73 – $431.10

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