Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$5,309.70

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.

$16,090.00

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.

$7,562.30 with AETNA vs $13,013.00 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.

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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
AETNA 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 $7,562.30 ↑ +42%
IMAGINE HEALTH 2829_IMAGINE HEALTH (PHIL) 20241001 $8,750.00 ↑ +65%
IMAGINE HEALTH 2828_IMAGINE HEALTH (JCIL) 20241001 $9,013.00 ↑ +70%
IMAGINE HEALTH 2830_IMAGINE HEALTH 20241001 $9,013.00 ↑ +70%
UHC PPO 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $12,190.00 ↑ +130%
UHC CHOICE 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $12,190.00 ↑ +130%
UHC PPO 3094_JCIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 $13,013.00 ↑ +145%
UHC CHOICE 3093_JCIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $13,013.00 ↑ +145%

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $15,115.00 $11,910.62 – $91,059.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $15,818.44 – $91,059.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,181.40 $1,504.20 – $14,279.85
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $981.00 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,790.00 $2,986.52 – $91,059.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,270.00 $9,668.76 – $39,558.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $8,845.00 $6,969.86 – $91,059.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $28,311.41 $439.81 – $15,606.66

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