External profiling gene expression oncology (breast) mrna 21 genes 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.

$3,864.00 with SMARTHEALTH vs $16,111.21 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
SMARTHEALTH 2815_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20241001 $3,864.00
SMARTHEALTH 2917_SMARTHEALTH OP 20250101 $3,864.00
UHC CHOICE 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $3,873.00
UHC PPO 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $3,873.00
UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 3099_JCIL UHC IP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20250701 $3,873.00
UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 3100_JCIL UHC OP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20250701 $3,873.00
CIGNA IFP 3019_JCIL CIGNA IFP 20250101 $4,350.03
AETNA 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 $4,859.07
IMAGINE HEALTH 2828_IMAGINE HEALTH (JCIL) 20241001 $5,615.85
IMAGINE HEALTH 2830_IMAGINE HEALTH 20241001 $5,615.85
IMAGINE HEALTH 2829_IMAGINE HEALTH (PHIL) 20241001 $5,615.85
CIGNA ONE HEALTH 2826_CIGNA ONE HEALTH 20241001 $5,641.97
CIGNA 3006_JCIL CIGNA 20250101 $16,111.21

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External profiling gene expression oncology (breast) mrna 21 genes at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $3,873.00 – $17,601.50
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $3,873.00 – $17,601.50
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $7,746.40 $3.50 – $6,196.80
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $1,904.28 – $1,904.28
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $3,873.00 – $5,157.27
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $2,822.73 – $6,274.26
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $3,873.00 – $17,601.50
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $3,873.00 – $17,601.50

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