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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$55.20

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.

$92.00

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.

$9.73 with Aetna vs $35.04 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.73 ↓ -82%
Wellmark All Products $19.91 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicare Advantage $22.08 ↓ -60%
UHC VACCN $22.08 ↓ -60%
Naphcare All Products $22.56 ↓ -59%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage $22.56 ↓ -59%
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $32.25 ↓ -42%
UHC All Products $35.04 ↓ -37%
UHC Deere Premiere_Facility not published by hospital

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $72.60 $7.35 – $84.64
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $62.50 $8.46 – $151.20
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $107.50 $8.46 – $132.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $65.00 $8.46 – $154.85
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $68.56 $3.50 – $37.79
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $57.50 $8.46 – $155.80
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $72.50 $8.46 – $153.32
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $77.50 $8.46 – $108.00

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →