Screen cerv/vag thin layer at Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1679659585
$31.68
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.
$96.00
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.
$15.20 with SMARTHEALTH vs $58.56 with BCBS 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.
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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| SMARTHEALTH | 2917_SMARTHEALTH OP 20250101 | $15.20 | ↓ -52% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 2815_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20241001 | $15.20 | ↓ -52% |
| UHC CHOICE | 3095_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 | $20.26 | ↓ -36% |
| UHC PPO | 3096_PFIL, PRIL, PSIL UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS PPO 20250701 | $20.26 | ↓ -36% |
| UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | 3099_JCIL UHC IP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20250701 | $20.26 | ↓ -36% |
| UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE | 3100_JCIL UHC OP INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 20250701 | $20.26 | ↓ -36% |
| AETNA | 2925_JCIL AETNA 20250201 | $25.41 | ↓ -20% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH | 2830_IMAGINE HEALTH 20241001 | $29.38 | ↓ -7% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH | 2828_IMAGINE HEALTH (JCIL) 20241001 | $29.38 | ↓ -7% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH | 2829_IMAGINE HEALTH (PHIL) 20241001 | $29.38 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS BCS | 2832_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS 20241001 | $39.60 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS BCE | 2879_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCE 20241001 | $39.60 | ↑ +25% |
| CIGNA ONE HEALTH | 2826_CIGNA ONE HEALTH 20241001 | $45.50 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS PPO | 2834_JCIL BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20241001 | $58.56 | ↑ +85% |
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Screen cerv/vag thin layer at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $20.26 – $113.56 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $20.26 – $112.82 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $55.00 | $12.16 – $36.23 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $16.56 – $16.56 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $20.26 – $44.85 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $19.83 – $32.82 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $20.26 – $110.22 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $20.26 – $92.26 |