Filter spider fx 3mmx320cm 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

$2,381.28

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.

$7,216.00

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.

$2,667.43 with HUMANA PPO vs $2,667.43 with HUMANA 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
HUMANA PPO 2838_JCIL HUMANA PPO 20241001 $2,667.43 ↑ +12%

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Filter spider fx 3mmx320cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,385.00 $1,664.73 – $3,882.78
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $2,382.75 $1,663.16 – $3,812.40
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MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $7,533.00 $447.30 – $467.18
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $7,540.00 $1,215.57 – $2,786.40
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $2,655.00 $2,092.14 – $4,248.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,619.00 $1,086.79 – $2,491.20
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,396.27 $1,150.48 – $2,237.29

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