Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at HSHS St. Mary's Hospital
1800 E. LAKE SHORE DRIVE, DECATUR, IL · Hshs · · NPI 1326041229
$40.97
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.
$56.90
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.
$2.51 with CATERPILLAR, INC. vs $21.20 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $2.51 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2.51 | ↓ -94% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $3.65 | ↓ -91% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP | $5.94 | ↓ -86% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT | $5.94 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $7.72 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLFIRST | ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST | $10.02 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | AETNA HSHS | $11.66 | ↓ -72% |
| CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | ALL COMMERCIAL CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | $12.72 | ↓ -69% |
| CONSOCIATE GROUP | ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP | $14.84 | ↓ -64% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $14.84 | ↓ -64% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $15.67 | ↓ -62% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO | $16.75 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK | $16.75 | ↓ -59% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $16.96 | ↓ -59% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $16.96 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTHCARE FINEST NETWORK (HFN) | ALL COMMERCIAL HFN | $18.02 | ↓ -56% |
| PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | $19.08 | ↓ -53% |
| WEXFORD | WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| CITY OF SPRINGFIELD | CITY OF SPRINGFIELD WORKCOMP | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTHLINK | ST CLAIR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| HEALTHSCOPE | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC MEDICAID | $21.20 | ↓ -48% |
| BLUE CROSS SIHCA | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO SIHCA | 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 | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL HMO PHAI | 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 OF ILLINOIS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $115.80 | $2.71 – $2.71 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $16.81 | $2.21 – $26.89 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $216.12 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $58.98 | $2.82 – $64.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $25.48 | $2.21 – $40.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $20.56 | $1.03 – $1.90 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $31.58 | $2.21 – $50.52 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $39.78 | $2.82 – $71.60 |