Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout at Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1679659585
$85.14
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.
$258.00
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.
$0.02 with AETNA vs $51.24 with BCBS PPO — 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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| AETNA | 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 2815_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20241001 | $12.20 | ↓ -86% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 2917_SMARTHEALTH OP 20250101 | $12.20 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS BCS | 2832_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS 20241001 | $34.65 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS BCE | 2879_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCE 20241001 | $34.65 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS PPO | 2834_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20241001 | $51.24 | ↓ -40% |
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Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $347.50 | $34.90 – $89.87 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $347.50 | $34.90 – $89.33 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $208.20 | $11.24 – $319.24 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $288.60 | $30.44 – $75.20 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $26.50 | $29.23 – $161.55 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $347.50 | $34.90 – $87.22 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $347.50 | $39.40 – $80.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $347.50 | $34.90 – $89.33 |