Tympanic membrane repair at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
300 Randall Rd., Geneva, IL · Nm · · NPI 1407859655
$8,405.50
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.
$12,007.86
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.
$1,785.00 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] vs $1,987.50 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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| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | DCH AETNA | $1,785.00 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | DCH AETNA | $1,785.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | DCH UHC CORE | $1,788.50 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | DCH AETNA ASA | $1,964.00 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | DCH UHC HMO/PPO | $1,987.50 | ↓ -76% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | DCH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1304] | DCH BLUE CROSS MMAI (MEDICARE) | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | DCH BCBS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | DCH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | DCH BEACON HEALTH OPTIONS BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | DCH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | DCH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | DCH CIGNA BROAD | not published by hospital | — |
| COMPSYCH [112] | DCH COMPSYCH | not published by hospital | — |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | DCH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | DCH FIRST HEALTH | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | DCH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | DCH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN EPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN NMH TIER ONE | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN PLAT | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | DCH HFN PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | DCH SEIU HEALTHLINK | 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 | — |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | DCH MULTIPLAN | not published by hospital | — |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | DCH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | not published by hospital | — |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | DCH PHCS | not published by hospital | — |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | DCH THE ALLIANCE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | DCH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | not published by hospital | — |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | DCH BEECH STREET/CAPP CARE | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | DCH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | DCH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | DCH BCBS HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | DCH BCBS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Tympanic membrane repair at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $759.00 | $1,163.80 – $1,399.60 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $759.00 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,620.00 | $84.00 – $2,964.70 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,856.00 | $259.18 – $1,152.38 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $8,239.36 | not published |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $9,566.09 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital | DeKalb | $9,186.29 | not published |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $1,627.79 – $2,693.58 |