Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital

9515 Holy Cross Lane, Breese, IL · Hshs · · NPI 1457319154

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 24, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$613.44

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.

$852.00

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.

$102.57 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE vs $852.00 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.

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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
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $102.57 ↓ -83%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $112.83 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BCBS IL MMAI $187.96 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $187.96 ↓ -69%
SAE HOSPICE SAE MEMORIAL HOSPICE $187.96 ↓ -69%
CLEAR SPRING HEALTH OF ILLINOIS CLEAR SPRING HEALTH MEDICARE ADV $187.96 ↓ -69%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $187.96 ↓ -69%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $187.96 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS MEDICARE ADV $187.96 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BCBS IL MEDICARE $187.96 ↓ -69%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $187.96 ↓ -69%
AMISH COMMUNITY AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT $238.56 ↓ -61%
AMISH COMMUNITY PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP $238.56 ↓ -61%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $394.72 ↓ -36%
CELTIC INSURANCE COMPANY ALL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AMBETTER $413.52 ↓ -33%
HOPETRUST ALL COMMERCIAL HOPETRUST $469.91 ↓ -23%
CLAIM DOC ALL COMMERCIAL CLAIM DOC $469.91 ↓ -23%
AETNA AETNA HSHS $508.64 ↓ -17%
WELLFIRST ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST $544.94 ↓ -11%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $595.55 ↓ -3%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $628.78 ↑ +3%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $639.00 ↑ +4%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $687.56 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $687.56 ↑ +12%
HEALTHLINK ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK $705.46 ↑ +15%
HEALTHLINK ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO $705.46 ↑ +15%
HEALTHLINK HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN $705.46 ↑ +15%
HEALTHLINK ST CLAIR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY $705.46 ↑ +15%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $724.20 ↑ +18%
PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA $766.80 ↑ +25%
WEXFORD WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES $852.00 ↑ +39%
CONSOCIATE GROUP ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP $852.00 ↑ +39%
CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS ALL COMMERCIAL CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS $852.00 ↑ +39%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY $852.00 ↑ +39%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE $852.00 ↑ +39%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE $852.00 ↑ +39%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO $852.00 ↑ +39%
HEALTHSCOPE ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE $852.00 ↑ +39%
ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM $852.00 ↑ +39%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $852.00 ↑ +39%
LIVE360 ALL COMMERCIAL LIVE360 $852.00 ↑ +39%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $852.00 ↑ +39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC MEDICAID $852.00 ↑ +39%
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 IL BLUE CHOICE PLANS 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 SIHCA BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO SIHCA not published by hospital —

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $352.80 $114.38 – $540.96
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $352.80 $182.82 – $276.36
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $175.00 $125.82 – $304.50
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $397.50 $220.00 – $636.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $790.30 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $397.50 $195.00 – $636.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $397.50 $220.00 – $636.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $490.07 $35.36 – $270.15

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