Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital
9515 Holy Cross Lane, Breese, IL · Hshs · · NPI 1457319154
$1.30
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.
$1.80
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.
$0.08 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1.80 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $0.08 | ↓ -94% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $0.08 | ↓ -94% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT | $0.50 | ↓ -62% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP | $0.50 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | AETNA HSHS | $1.07 | ↓ -18% |
| WELLFIRST | ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST | $1.15 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $1.26 | ↓ -3% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $1.33 | ↑ +2% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $1.35 | ↑ +4% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK | $1.49 | ↑ +15% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN | $1.49 | ↑ +15% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO | $1.49 | ↑ +15% |
| HEALTHLINK | ST CLAIR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY | $1.49 | ↑ +15% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $1.53 | ↑ +18% |
| PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | $1.62 | ↑ +25% |
| LIVE360 | ALL COMMERCIAL LIVE360 | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| CONSOCIATE GROUP | ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | ALL COMMERCIAL CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| HEALTHSCOPE | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| WEXFORD | WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC MEDICAID | $1.80 | ↑ +38% |
| BLUE CROSS SIHCA | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO SIHCA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO 470 | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS OF ILLINOIS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL HMO PHAI | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL BLUE CHOICE PLANS | not published by hospital | — |
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Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $14.68 | $7.83 – $21.29 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $14.68 | $11.01 – $11.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $7.21 | $0.06 – $0.26 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $361.72 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $168.35 | not published |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $124.77 | not published |
| HSHS St. John's Hospital | IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. | $4.32 | $0.08 – $6.00 |
| HSHS St. Mary's Hospital | DECATUR | $4.21 | $0.08 – $5.62 |