Leukocyte phagocytosis 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

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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.

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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.

$10.39 with UHC vs $30.44 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 VACCN $10.39
UHC Medicare Advantage $11.01
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.95
Wellmark All Products $24.77
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $30.44

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Leukocyte phagocytosis at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $23.20 $3.50 – $16.62
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $9.15 – $9.15
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $8.98 – $16.83
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $10.39 – $47.62
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $10.39 – $47.62
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $10.39 – $47.62
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $8.63 – $16.83
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon not published $10.39 – $10.91

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