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Rapid Strep Test at MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
409 NW 9th Ave, Aledo, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1225380967
$36.60
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.
$61.00
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.
$16.53 with UHC vs $45.67 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 | VACCN | $16.53 | ↓ -55% |
| UHC | Medicare Advantage | $17.52 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $19.01 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellmark | All Products | $21.69 | ↓ -41% |
| Naphcare | All Products | $26.79 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellmark | Medicare Advantage | $26.79 | ↓ -27% |
| UHC | All Products | $41.61 | ↑ +14% |
| UHC | Deere Premiere_NonFacility | $45.67 | ↑ +25% |
| UHC | Deere Premiere_Facility | not published by hospital | — |
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Rapid Strep Test at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $45.60 | $8.01 – $61.94 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $47.50 | $16.53 – $76.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $47.50 | $16.53 – $76.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $38.58 | $3.50 – $26.45 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $47.50 | $16.53 – $76.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $47.50 | $16.53 – $85.50 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $47.50 | $16.53 – $92.53 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $47.50 | $16.53 – $76.00 |