Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$318.60

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.

$531.00

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.

$120.46 with Aetna vs $387.63 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 $120.46 ↓ -62%
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $233.72 ↓ -27%
UHC Deere Premiere_Facility $234.00 ↓ -27%
UHC Medicare Advantage $244.26 ↓ -23%
UHC VACCN $244.26 ↓ -23%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage $249.57 ↓ -22%
Naphcare All Products $249.57 ↓ -22%
Wellmark All Products $290.49 ↓ -9%
UHC All Products $387.63 ↑ +22%

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $318.60 $107.26 – $488.52
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $530.00 $160.73 – $848.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $530.00 $160.73 – $867.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $530.00 $160.73 – $862.04
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $531.80 $30.00 – $293.15
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $722.70 $112.03 – $117.63
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $530.00 $160.73 – $867.28
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $530.00 $160.73 – $853.51

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →