Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
300 Randall Rd., Geneva, IL · Nm · · NPI 1407859655
$104.30
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.
$149.00
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.
$7.41 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $49.75 with MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] — 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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| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $7.41 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $7.41 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | DCH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $8.11 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $8.96 | ↓ -91% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | DCH BCBS PPO | $11.59 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS PPO | $11.59 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | DCH UHC CORE | $23.58 | ↓ -77% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $24.88 | ↓ -76% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | DCH BEACON HEALTH OPTIONS BHS | $24.88 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | DCH UHC HMO/PPO | $26.22 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $27.81 | ↓ -73% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | DCH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $31.34 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN PLAT | $32.34 | ↓ -69% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | DCH FIRST HEALTH | $34.33 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS HMO | $34.69 | ↓ -67% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | DCH BCBS HMO | $34.69 | ↓ -67% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | DCH PHCS | $37.31 | ↓ -64% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN EPO | $37.31 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | DCH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $39.80 | ↓ -62% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | DCH COMPSYCH | $39.80 | ↓ -62% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN PPO | $42.29 | ↓ -59% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | DCH BEECH STREET/CAPP CARE | $44.78 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | DCH MULTIPLAN | $44.78 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | DCH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $49.75 | ↓ -52% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | DCH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $49.75 | ↓ -52% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | DCH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | DCH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | DCH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | DCH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1304] | DCH BLUE CROSS MMAI (MEDICARE) | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | DCH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | DCH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| JOURNEYCARE INC HOSPICE [1275] | DCH JOURNEYCARE HOSPICE | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | DCH UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | DCH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $37.55 | $20.03 – $54.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $37.55 | $2.94 – $29.41 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $2.81 | $6.79 – $6.79 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $61.85 | $5.54 – $98.95 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $279.65 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $68.83 | $7.22 – $110.13 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $67.82 | $5.54 – $108.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $48.00 | $3.36 – $26.46 |