Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia

400 North Pleasant Avenue, Centralia, IL · SSM Health · · NPI 1083617245

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$856.90

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.

$1,558.00

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.

$758.85 with Molina vs $796.79 with Essence 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 Dual Eligible Medicare/Medicaid $758.85 ↓ -11%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $789.20 ↓ -8%
Essence Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $796.79 ↓ -7%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $702.60 $258.56 – $2,573.12
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $215.40 $1,788.45 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $557.50 $430.00 – $1,229.33
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $865.00 $681.62 – $6,071.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,245.00 $981.06 – $4,681.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $995.00 $784.06 – $6,071.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $732.68 $68.77 – $547.36
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $557.50 $430.00 – $1,229.33

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