Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)

2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1679659585

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 7, 2026

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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.

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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.

$1,509.75 with BCBS BCS vs $25,000.00 with AETNA — 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
BCBS BCS 2832_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS 20241001 $1,509.75
BCBS BCE 2879_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCE 20241001 $1,509.75
BCBS PPO 2834_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20241001 $2,232.60
UHC CHOICE 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $8,245.00
UHC PPO 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $8,245.00
UHC PPO 3094_JCIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $8,802.00
UHC CHOICE 3093_JCIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $8,802.00
AETNA 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 $25,000.00

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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $8,035.00 $3,804.07 – $25,111.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $3,779.21 – $25,111.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $8,280.00 $895.82 – $12,696.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,837.50 $5,474.00 – $13,540.39
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $4,040.00 $3,183.52 – $25,111.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $6,520.00 $2,329.28 – $16,667.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $8,465.00 $3,779.21 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $9,523.83 $498.27 – $5,903.25

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