Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa 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.

$11.53 with TRICARE vs $47.67 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
TRICARE 2571_TRICARE OUTPATIENT 20231001 $11.53
TRICARE 3136_JCIL TRICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $11.53
UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 3099_JCIL UHC IP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20250701 $11.53
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 2894_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $11.53
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 3133_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN INPATIENT 20251001 $11.53
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 3103_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE OUTPATIENT 20250701 $11.53
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 3102_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE INPATIENT 20251001 $11.53
UHC CHOICE 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $11.53
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 2898_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $11.53
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 3139_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 $11.53
BCBS MCR REPLACEMENT 3131_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO INPATIENT 20251001 $11.53
BCBS MCR REPLACEMENT 2892_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO OUTPATIENT 20250101 $11.53
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 2891_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $11.53
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 3130_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $11.53
UHC PPO 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $11.53
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MCR REPLACEMENT 2896_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $12.11
MERIDIAN HEALTH MEDICARE 3132_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN INPATIENT 20251001 $12.11
MERIDIAN HEALTH MEDICARE 2893_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $12.11
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MCR REPLACEMENT 3138_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $12.11
HUMANA MMAI 3140_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA MMAI INPATIENT 20251001 $12.68
MOLINA MEDICARE 3141_JCIL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA INPATIENT 20251001 $12.68
MOLINA MEDICARE 2899_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $12.68
HUMANA MMAI 2897_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA MMAI OUTPATIENT 20250101 $12.68
CIGNA IFP 3019_JCIL CIGNA IFP 20250101 $12.87
BCBS FOCUS CARE 3129_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUE PLUS POS INPATIENT 20251001 $14.41
BRIGHT HEALTH 2889_BRIGHT HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $14.41
BRIGHT HEALTH 3135_JCIL BRIGHT HEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $14.41
AETNA 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 $14.46
UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 3104_JCIL UHC IP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20251001 $15.57
UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 3100_JCIL UHC OP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20250701 $15.57
BCBS FOCUS CARE 3003_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUE PLUS POS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $15.57
SMARTHEALTH 2917_SMARTHEALTH OP 20250101 $16.14
SMARTHEALTH 3142_JCIL SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $16.14
AETNA SMARTCARE 1344_AETNA SMARTCARE OP 20180101 $17.29
AMBETTER 3134_JCIL AMBETTER INPATIENT 20251001 $18.68
AMBETTER 2888_AMBETTER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $18.68
CIGNA 3006_JCIL CIGNA 20250101 $47.67

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Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $11.53 – $52.08
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $11.53 – $52.08
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $400.80 $9.15 – $614.56
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $400.80 $11.53 – $313.96
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $43.75 $11.29 – $18.68
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $48.57 $3.50 – $26.77
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $43.75 $11.29 – $18.68
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $253.55 $11.53 – $12.11

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