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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$245.40

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.

$409.00

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.

$79.00 with UHC vs $141.62 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 $79.00 ↓ -68%
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $79.44 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $87.30 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicare Advantage $89.24 ↓ -64%
UHC VACCN $89.24 ↓ -64%
Naphcare All Products $91.18 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage $91.18 ↓ -63%
Wellmark All Products $112.52 ↓ -54%
UHC All Products $141.62 ↓ -42%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $136.20 $26.68 – $754.79
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $307.50 $221.94 – $1,287.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $307.50 $140.01 – $961.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $307.50 $227.17 – $1,287.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $145.57 $7.42 – $121.72
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $307.50 $228.67 – $1,287.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $307.50 $225.12 – $1,287.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $307.50 $106.95 – $874.00

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →