Contrast exam thoracic aorta at Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1679659585
$1,681.35
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.
$5,095.00
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.
$176.51 with CIGNA IFP vs $6,438.74 with UHC CHOICE — 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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| CIGNA IFP | 3019_JCIL CIGNA IFP 20250101 | $176.51 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA ONE HEALTH | 2826_CIGNA ONE HEALTH 20241001 | $288.86 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS BCE | 2879_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCE 20241001 | $754.05 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS BCS | 2832_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS 20241001 | $754.05 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS PPO | 2834_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20241001 | $1,115.08 | ↓ -34% |
| CIGNA | 3006_JCIL CIGNA 20250101 | $1,470.93 | ↓ -13% |
| UHC PPO | 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 | $2,861.66 | ↑ +70% |
| AETNA | 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 | $3,006.05 | ↑ +79% |
| UHC CHOICE | 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 | $6,438.74 | ↑ +283% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $714.22 – $6,299.55 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $714.22 – $6,299.55 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,290.00 | $220.00 – $6,299.55 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,290.00 | $195.00 – $6,299.55 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $3,648.84 | $20.87 – $2,448.63 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $3,290.00 | $220.00 – $6,408.92 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $272.28 – $5,481.46 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $714.22 – $6,299.55 |