Transcath biopsy at OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center
1 St Anthony's Way, Alton, IL · Osfhealthcare · · NPI 1710396932
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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.
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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.
$521.06 with Aetna vs $6,082.27 with BCBS — 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 | All Commercial Plans | $521.06 | — |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Payor Other Commercial Plan | $3,113.00 | — |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $3,573.00 | — |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,963.01 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,022.64 | — |
| BCBS | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,082.27 | — |
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Transcath biopsy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $6,202.20 | $3,307.84 – $9,510.04 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $2,737.50 | $430.00 – $9,660.07 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,715.00 | $1,351.42 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $4,090.00 | $3,222.92 – $16,667.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $3,215.00 | $2,533.42 – $25,111.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,298.05 | $192.07 – $4,205.42 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $2,737.50 | $430.00 – $9,660.07 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,490.00 | $1,962.12 – $25,111.00 |