Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$354.60

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.

$591.00

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.

$95.00 with UHC vs $431.43 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
UHC Deere Premiere_Facility $95.00 ↓ -73%
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $95.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $139.97 ↓ -61%
Wellmark All Products $156.41 ↓ -56%
UHC Medicare Advantage $271.86 ↓ -23%
UHC VACCN $271.86 ↓ -23%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage $277.77 ↓ -22%
Naphcare All Products $277.77 ↓ -22%
UHC All Products $431.43 ↑ +22%

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $354.60 $57.76 – $1,134.71
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $217.50 $139.58 – $230.97
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $734.63 $15.80 – $213.45
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $217.50 $139.58 – $230.97
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $933.90 $142.58 – $149.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $933.90 $142.58 – $149.71
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $565.95 $95.70 – $217.68
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $217.50 $142.58 – $230.97

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