Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$9,666.08

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.

$29,291.16

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.

$5,249.46 with HUMANA PPO vs $5,249.46 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 $5,249.46 ↓ -46%

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $10,274.37 $4,664.56 – $16,438.99
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $15,727.80 $5,210.88 – $14,167.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $15,727.80 $7,327.80 – $7,653.48
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $7,365.92 not published
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $9,732.26 $4,807.20 – $15,260.96
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $10,506.71 $4,407.16 – $16,475.36
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $11,436.05 $7,486.88 – $17,932.64
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $12,654.16 $4,286.60 – $8,335.93

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