Vasectomy 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

$2,361.00

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.

$3,148.00

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 $6,004.11 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 ↓ -62%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $1,448.08 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $1,448.08 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $1,448.08 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $1,574.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $1,574.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $1,574.00 ↓ -33%
AultCare Commercial $1,731.40 ↓ -27%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $1,857.44 ↓ -21%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,977.66 ↓ -16%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $2,036.99 ↓ -14%
HealthSmart Commercial $2,046.20 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $2,046.20 ↓ -13%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $2,076.55 ↓ -12%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $2,076.55 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $2,441.00 ↑ +3%
Beech Street Commercial $2,518.40 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $2,518.40 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $2,612.84 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $2,675.80 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $2,707.28 ↑ +15%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $2,833.20 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $2,833.20 ↑ +20%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $2,833.20 ↑ +20%
Ambetter Commercial $3,559.80 ↑ +51%
CareSource Marketplace $3,559.80 ↑ +51%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $3,773.71 ↑ +60%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $4,206.62 ↑ +78%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $4,598.40 ↑ +95%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $4,716.85 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $4,999.53 ↑ +112%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $5,055.60 ↑ +114%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $5,109.34 ↑ +116%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $5,159.33 ↑ +119%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $5,391.55 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,004.11 ↑ +154%
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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