Candida skin test at MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center

409 NW 9th Ave, Aledo, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1225380967

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$47.40

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.

$79.00

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.

$24.77 with Wellmark vs $57.67 with UHC — 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
Wellmark All Products $24.77 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $32.63 ↓ -31%
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $33.07 ↓ -30%
UHC Medicare Advantage $36.34 ↓ -23%
UHC VACCN $36.34 ↓ -23%
Naphcare All Products $37.13 ↓ -22%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage $37.13 ↓ -22%
UHC All Products $57.67 ↑ +22%
UHC Deere Premiere_Facility not published by hospital

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Candida skin test at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $47.40 $9.15 – $72.68
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $24.00 $10.79 – $26.55
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $7.39 – $50.21
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $22.99 – $84.82
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $22.99 – $84.82
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $22.99 – $84.82
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $7.39 – $50.21
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon not published $30.99 – $32.54

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