Warde bile acids 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

$124.50

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.

$166.00

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.

$9.76 with Cigna vs $149.40 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
Cigna Commercial $9.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
WellCare by AllWell Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Anthem Blue Access Commercial $17.12 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Anthem Pathway HMO Commercial $17.12 ↓ -86%
Anthem Pathway PPO Commercial $17.12 ↓ -86%
Anthem Traditional Commercial $17.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Medical Mutual of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Primetime Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
SummaCare Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $17.13 ↓ -86%
Paramount Medicare Advantage $17.63 ↓ -86%
Valor Health Plans Medicare Advantage $17.98 ↓ -86%
Perennial Advantage of Ohio Medicare Advantage $17.98 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $19.65 ↓ -84%
University Health Employee Plan (Contigo) Commercial $23.89 ↓ -81%
Medical Mutual of Ohio ACA Northern Ohio Commercial $25.68 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio MedFlex Commercial $25.68 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual of Ohio SuperMed Commercial $25.68 ↓ -79%
Medical Mutual Traditional Commercial $25.68 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Commercial $30.82 ↓ -75%
CareSource Marketplace $30.82 ↓ -75%
Amish Aid Community Plan Fund $76.36 ↓ -39%
Buckeye Plain Ministries Fund $76.36 ↓ -39%
Amish Church Fund and Workers Aid Plan Fund $76.36 ↓ -39%
Christian Healthcare Ministries Fund $83.00 ↓ -33%
Immergrun Commercial $83.00 ↓ -33%
Sunrise Plan Communities Fund $83.00 ↓ -33%
SummaCare Commercial $84.66 ↓ -32%
AultCare Commercial $91.30 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Commercial $107.90 ↓ -13%
Ohio Health Choice Preferred Health Choice Plus Commercial $107.90 ↓ -13%
Beech Street Commercial $132.80 ↑ +7%
Ohio Preferred Network Commercial $132.80 ↑ +7%
First Health Commercial $137.78 ↑ +11%
Century Health Network Commercial $141.10 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare System Commercial $142.76 ↑ +15%
Ohio Health Choice Commercial $149.40 ↑ +20%
Fortified Provider Network Commercial $149.40 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial $149.40 ↑ +20%
CareSource Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna (Ohio Rise) Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Humana Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Buckeye Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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