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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
409 NW 9th Ave, Aledo, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1225380967
$994.20
Cash price 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.
$1,657.00
Gross charge 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.
$508.00 with UHC vs $1,141.72 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UHC | Deere Premiere_Facility | $508.00 | ↓ -49% |
| UHC | Deere Premiere_NonFacility | $508.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $604.47 | ↓ -39% |
| UHC | Medicare Advantage | $719.44 | ↓ -28% |
| UHC | VACCN | $719.44 | ↓ -28% |
| Naphcare | All Products | $735.08 | ↓ -26% |
| Wellmark | Medicare Advantage | $735.08 | ↓ -26% |
| Wellmark | All Products | $907.12 | ↓ -9% |
| UHC | All Products | $1,141.72 | ↑ +15% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,406.40 | $461.87 – $895.82 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,075.00 | $691.02 – $1,823.01 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,715.00 | $828.76 – $1,822.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,170.00 | $781.76 – $1,867.02 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,030.14 | $63.17 – $1,119.11 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,165.00 | $778.27 – $1,878.38 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,250.00 | $828.76 – $1,848.57 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $1,425.00 | $812.84 – $1,935.00 |