Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1679659585
$4,606.47
Cash price 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.
$13,959.00
Gross charge 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.
$6,560.73 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 | $6,560.73 | ↑ +42% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH | 2829_IMAGINE HEALTH (PHIL) 20241001 | $8,750.00 | ↑ +90% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH | 2828_IMAGINE HEALTH (JCIL) 20241001 | $9,013.00 | ↑ +96% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH | 2830_IMAGINE HEALTH 20241001 | $9,013.00 | ↑ +96% |
| UHC PPO | 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 | $12,190.00 | ↑ +165% |
| UHC CHOICE | 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 | $12,190.00 | ↑ +165% |
| UHC PPO | 3094_JCIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 | $13,013.00 | ↑ +182% |
| UHC CHOICE | 3093_JCIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 | $13,013.00 | ↑ +182% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $11,385.00 | $8,971.38 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $9,280.00 | $7,312.64 – $47,462.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $13,837.20 | $7,379.84 – $21,217.04 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $5,750.00 | $6,594.00 – $18,144.90 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $5,740.00 | $4,523.12 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $11,825.00 | $9,318.10 – $24,503.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $8,155.00 | $6,426.14 – $47,462.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $17,991.82 | $414.32 – $9,917.99 |