Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at HSHS St. Mary's Hospital
1800 E. LAKE SHORE DRIVE, DECATUR, IL · Hshs · · NPI 1326041229
$1,081.44
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.
$1,502.00
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.
$373.86 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS vs $1,502.00 with INTERPLAN — 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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| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS MEDICARE ADV | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL MEDICARE | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| CLEAR SPRING HEALTH OF ILLINOIS | CLEAR SPRING HEALTH MEDICARE ADV | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| COVENTRY | COVENTRY MEDICARE ADVANTRA | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL MMAI | $373.86 | ↓ -65% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $392.55 | ↓ -64% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $394.09 | ↓ -64% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $412.85 | ↓ -62% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT | $420.56 | ↓ -61% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP | $420.56 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $546.73 | ↓ -49% |
| WELLFIRST | ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST | $710.15 | ↓ -34% |
| CELTIC INSURANCE COMPANY | ALL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AMBETTER | $822.49 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | AETNA HSHS | $826.10 | ↓ -24% |
| CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | ALL COMMERCIAL CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | $901.20 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $916.22 | ↓ -15% |
| CLAIM DOC | ALL COMMERCIAL CLAIM DOC | $934.65 | ↓ -14% |
| HOPETRUST | ALL COMMERCIAL HOPETRUST | $934.65 | ↓ -14% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $1,051.40 | ↓ -3% |
| CONSOCIATE GROUP | ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP | $1,051.40 | ↓ -3% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $1,109.98 | ↑ +3% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO | $1,186.58 | ↑ +10% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK | $1,186.58 | ↑ +10% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $1,201.60 | ↑ +11% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,201.60 | ↑ +11% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $1,249.00 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,249.00 | ↑ +15% |
| HEALTHCARE FINEST NETWORK (HFN) | ALL COMMERCIAL HFN | $1,276.70 | ↑ +18% |
| PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | $1,351.80 | ↑ +25% |
| WEXFORD | WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| CITY OF SPRINGFIELD | CITY OF SPRINGFIELD WORKCOMP | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC MEDICAID | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTHLINK | ST CLAIR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTHSCOPE | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $1,502.00 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS OF ILLINOIS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS SIHCA | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO SIHCA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL BLUE CHOICE PLANS | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL HMO PHAI | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO 470 | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,692.44 | $349.94 – $1,114.89 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,207.80 | $373.86 – $392.55 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $1,207.80 | $373.86 – $392.55 |
| OSF Healthcare Saint Katharine Medical Center | Dixon | $558.60 | $373.86 – $373.86 |
| HSHS Holy Family Hospital | GREENVILLE | $890.64 | $373.86 – $934.65 |
| HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital | HIGHLAND | $1,105.92 | $873.51 – $1,536.00 |
| HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital | Shelbyville | $803.52 | $1,116.00 – $1,371.64 |
| HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital | Breese | $818.64 | $373.86 – $1,137.00 |