Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL · Nm · · NPI 1669534517
$1,854.85
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.
$2,649.79
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.
$7.52 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $914.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC HMO/PPO | $7.52 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC CORE | $7.52 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $167.26 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA NIU | $310.76 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $328.13 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $411.30 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | KH CIGNA BROAD | $481.68 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | KH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $485.33 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $510.93 | ↓ -72% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS HMO | $539.17 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS HMO | $539.17 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $552.06 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $552.06 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $552.06 | ↓ -70% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | KH THE ALLIANCE | $594.10 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA | $616.04 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PPO | $648.94 | ↓ -65% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS PPO | $648.94 | ↓ -65% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | KH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $685.50 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA ASA | $686.41 | ↓ -63% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | KH CHOICE CARE | $690.98 | ↓ -63% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH MULTIPLAN | $712.92 | ↓ -62% |
| COVENTRYONE PPO [17110] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $786.04 | ↓ -58% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $786.04 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $786.04 | ↓ -58% |
| COVENTRY [1218] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $786.04 | ↓ -58% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN | $840.88 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $914.00 | ↓ -51% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $914.00 | ↓ -51% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | KH OPTUM UBH BHS PROF | $914.00 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $914.00 | ↓ -51% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | KH MEDICARE | 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 | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING SPECIALCARE OF IL [1608] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK HMO [1610] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN HMO [1604] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CENPATICO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [1603] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $103.20 | $158.24 – $982.39 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $103.20 | $2,660.57 – $2,970.16 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $8,821.94 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $427.20 | $50.95 – $709.27 |
| OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | Peoria | $1,780.80 | $176.90 – $3,387.93 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $5,618.90 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital | Sandwich | $8,821.94 | $141.00 – $141.00 |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $5,121.55 | not published |