Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Ascension Alexian Brothers Rehabilitation Hospital (Alexian Brothers Medical Center)

800 Biesterfield Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1265577191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 7, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$412.70 with CIGNA IFP vs $1,418.44 with HUMANA HMO — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CIGNA IFP 1615_CIGNA IFP (AB) 20231001 $412.70
AARP 1655_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $533.04
UHC MCR HMO 95% 1695_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 95% 20240101 $533.04
UHC MCR HMO 95% 1663_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT (AB,SA) 95% 20231001 $533.04
AARP 1687_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $533.04
AETNA MEDICARE 1689_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $561.10
BCBS MEDICARE 1733_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BCBS INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $561.10
BCBS MEDICARE 1690_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BCBS OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $561.10
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 100% 1686_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $561.10
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 100% 1654_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $561.10
HUMANA MEDICARE 1691_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $561.10
HUMANA MEDICARE 1659_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $561.10
COVID-19 UNINSURED 1702_COVID-19 UNINSURED (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $561.10
COVID-19 UNINSURED 1652_COVID-19 UNINSURED (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $561.10
UHC MEDICARE 100% 1661_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT 100% (AB,SA) 20231001 $561.10
UHC MEDICARE 100% 1694_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 100% 20240101 $561.10
AETNA MEDICARE 1657_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $561.10
UHC MEDICARE 101% 1662_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT (AB,SA) 101% 20231001 $566.71
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS 1645_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA HC OF IL INPATIENT 103% 20231001 $577.93
ILLINICARE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1660_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $577.93
ILLINICARE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1692_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $577.93
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS 1693_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA HC OF IL OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 103% 20240101 $577.93
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1656_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $589.16
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1688_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $589.16
AETNA HMO 1717_AETNA HMO (AB,SA) 20240101 $676.21
BRIGHT HEALTH 1684_BRIGHT HEALTH (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $701.38
BRIGHT HEALTH 1648_BRIGHT HEALTH (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $701.38
BCBS FOCUS CARE 1681_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOCUS CARE (AB) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $735.04
BCBS FOCUS CARE 1731_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOCUS CARE (AB) INPATIENT 20240101 $735.04
BCBS BCS 1729_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS (AB) INPATIENT 20240101 $746.26
SMARTHEALTH 1696_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $785.54
SMARTHEALTH 1643_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $785.54
ACTIN CARE 1682_ACTIN CARE 155%MCR (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $869.71
ACTIN CARE 1650_ACTIN CARE 155%MCR (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $869.71
AMBETTER 1683_AMBETTER (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $908.98
AMBETTER 1646_AMBETTER (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $908.98
BCBS PPO 1725_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO (AB) 20240101 $981.06
BCBS BCS 1700_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS (AB) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $981.93
CIGNA C5 1298_CIGNA C5 (AB,SA) 20230201 $996.82
CIGNA 1614_CIGNA (AB,SA) 20231001 $996.82
CIGNA LOCAL PLUS 1714_CIGNA LOCAL PLUS (AB,SA) 20240101 $996.82
FAMILY HEALTH PLAN 1749_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE FAMILY HEALTH PLAN (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
COUNTY CARE 1748_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE COUNTY CARE (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
MERIDIAN 1757_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% 1759_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE OTHER (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
AETNA BETTER HEALTH 1743_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
ILLINICARE 1754_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
HARMONY HEALTH PLAN 1751_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE HARMONY HEALTH PLAN (AB) 20240101 $1,016.52
HUMANA PPO 1621_HUMANA PPO (AB) 20231001 $1,408.84
HUMANA HMO 1619_HUMANA HMO (AB) 20231001 $1,418.44
AETNA PPO 1720_AETNA PPO (AB,SA) 20240101 not published by hospital

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Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,125.00 $813.60 – $2,595.00
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