Amniotic fluid scan at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL · Nm · · NPI 1669534517
$231.70
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.
$331.00
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.
$19.95 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $109.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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 HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $19.95 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA NIU | $37.06 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $39.13 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $49.05 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $60.93 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS HMO | $72.37 | ↓ -69% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS HMO | $72.37 | ↓ -69% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | KH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $81.75 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA ASA | $81.86 | ↓ -65% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | KH CHOICE CARE | $82.40 | ↓ -64% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH MULTIPLAN | $85.02 | ↓ -63% |
| COVENTRYONE PPO [17110] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $93.74 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $93.74 | ↓ -60% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $93.74 | ↓ -60% |
| COVENTRY [1218] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $93.74 | ↓ -60% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN | $100.28 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | KH OPTUM UBH BHS PROF | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK HMO [1610] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN HMO [1604] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CENPATICO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [1603] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | KH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING SPECIALCARE OF IL [1608] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Amniotic fluid scan at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $231.70 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $19.20 | $3.50 – $14.96 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $150.00 | $8.42 – $17.39 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $164.40 | $9.35 – $9.54 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $178.20 | $9.21 – $32.72 |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $214.80 | $9.35 – $9.54 |
| OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center | Ottawa | $159.00 | $9.35 – $9.54 |
| OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center | Pontiac | $252.80 | $9.35 – $9.54 |