Place po breast cath for rad at OSF St Mary Medical Center

3333 North Seminary, Galesburg, IL · Osfhealthcare · · NPI 1164485363

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$15,310.80

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.

$25,518.00

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.

$7,993.00 with Caterpillar vs $17,033.00 with UnitedHealthCare — 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
Caterpillar All Commercial Plans $7,993.00 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,758.76 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,846.34 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,933.93 ↓ -42%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $17,033.00 ↑ +11%

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Place po breast cath for rad at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $11,285.00 $8,892.58 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $19,462.40 $183.73 – $7,444.34
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $19,155.60 $2,822.00 – $16,291.29
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford $10,741.80 $4,030.44 – $30,655.64
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Ottawa $21,847.80 not published
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $23,034.00 $4,030.44 – $29,776.45
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. $20,669.04 $2,819.50 – $28,707.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $3,243.73 – $14,962.45

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →