CT 3d report other modality w/workstation 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

$225.39

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.

$683.00

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.

$273.90 with BCBS BCS vs $405.04 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.

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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 $273.90 ↑ +22%
BCBS BCE 2879_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCE 20241001 $273.90 ↑ +22%
AETNA 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 $402.97 ↑ +79%
BCBS PPO 2834_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20241001 $405.04 ↑ +80%

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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $447.50 $214.00 – $1,087.19
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $497.50 $214.00 – $1,080.61
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $327.00 $1.00 – $459.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $299.40 $184.50 – $192.70
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $250.00 not published
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $357.50 $214.00 – $1,055.14
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $695.00 $235.00 – $1,112.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $460.00 $214.00 – $1,080.61

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