Insitu hybridization manual at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL · Nm · · NPI 1669534517
$459.20
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.
$656.00
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.
$85.10 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $465.00 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 | $85.10 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA NIU | $158.10 | ↓ -66% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $166.94 | ↓ -64% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $209.25 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $259.94 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $280.86 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $280.86 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $280.86 | ↓ -39% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | KH THE ALLIANCE | $302.25 | ↓ -34% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS HMO | $308.71 | ↓ -33% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS HMO | $308.71 | ↓ -33% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS PPO | $330.15 | ↓ -28% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PPO | $330.15 | ↓ -28% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | KH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $348.75 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA ASA | $349.22 | ↓ -24% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | KH CHOICE CARE | $351.54 | ↓ -23% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH MULTIPLAN | $362.70 | ↓ -21% |
| COVENTRYONE PPO [17110] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $399.90 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $399.90 | ↓ -13% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $399.90 | ↓ -13% |
| COVENTRY [1218] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $399.90 | ↓ -13% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN | $427.80 | ↓ -7% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $465.00 | ↑ +1% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | KH OPTUM UBH BHS PROF | $465.00 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $465.00 | ↑ +1% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $465.00 | ↑ +1% |
| 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 | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | 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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Insitu hybridization manual at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $540.00 | $283.41 – $864.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $459.20 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $540.00 | $283.41 – $864.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $540.00 | $283.41 – $875.43 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $328.79 | $38.65 – $279.85 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $519.20 | $384.12 – $403.32 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $540.00 | $283.41 – $880.76 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $540.00 | $283.41 – $866.78 |