Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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.

$411.84 with CIGNA IFP vs $3,431.97 with CIGNA — 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
CIGNA IFP 3019_JCIL CIGNA IFP 20250101 $411.84
CIGNA ONE HEALTH 2826_CIGNA ONE HEALTH 20241001 $679.85
BCBS BCE 2879_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCE 20241001 $902.55
BCBS BCS 2832_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS 20241001 $902.55
UHC PPO 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $1,305.94
BCBS PPO 2834_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20241001 $1,334.68
UHC CHOICE 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $2,938.37
CIGNA 3006_JCIL CIGNA 20250101 $3,431.97
AETNA 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 not published by hospital

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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,040.00 $789.94 – $3,966.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $789.94 – $2,612.85
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,040.00 $789.94 – $3,966.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,040.00 $789.94 – $3,966.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,010.40 $32.50 – $1,015.61
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,987.70 $1,387.37 – $1,456.74
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $2,040.00 $789.94 – $3,973.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $1,987.70 $1,387.37 – $1,456.74

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