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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
409 NW 9th Ave, Aledo, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1225380967
$2,361.60
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.
$3,936.00
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.
$421.38 with Aetna vs $2,873.28 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $421.38 | ↓ -82% |
| Wellmark | All Products | $1,074.20 | ↓ -55% |
| UHC | Medicare Advantage | $1,810.56 | ↓ -23% |
| UHC | VACCN | $1,810.56 | ↓ -23% |
| Naphcare | All Products | $1,849.92 | ↓ -22% |
| Wellmark | Medicare Advantage | $1,849.92 | ↓ -22% |
| UHC | Deere Premiere_Facility | $2,588.00 | ↑ +10% |
| UHC | Deere Premiere_NonFacility | $2,588.08 | ↑ +10% |
| UHC | All Products | $2,873.28 | ↑ +22% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,361.60 | $372.28 – $3,621.12 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,915.00 | $539.81 – $3,064.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,750.00 | $539.81 – $4,400.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,360.00 | $539.81 – $3,776.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $5,408.23 | $100.51 – $2,981.28 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,125.00 | $539.81 – $3,400.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $2,785.00 | $539.81 – $5,013.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $2,650.00 | $539.81 – $4,240.00 |