Cell enumeration & id at Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital

1650 Moon Lake Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1013017839

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.

$15.25 with UHC vs $586.83 with AETNA PPO — 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
UHC 1672_UHC (BO,GO,HN,LG) 20231001 $15.25
SMARTHEALTH 1524_SMARTHEALTH (ABIL,AHIL,AGIL,AMIL) 20230101 $188.09
SMARTHEALTH 1643_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $188.09
SMARTHEALTH 1696_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $188.09
SMARTHEALTH 1302_SMARTHEALTH (ABBHH) 20230101 $191.10
UHC 1711_UHC (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
CIGNA 1614_CIGNA (AB,SA) 20231001 $250.78
CIGNA LOCAL PLUS 1714_CIGNA LOCAL PLUS (AB,SA) 20240101 $552.39
AETNA HMO 1717_AETNA HMO (AB,SA) 20240101 $586.83
AETNA PPO 1720_AETNA PPO (AB,SA) 20240101 $586.83

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Cell enumeration & id at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Alexius Women And Children's Hospital (Ascension St. Alexius Medical Center) Hoffman Estates not published $15.25 – $1,110.96
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $575.00 $250.78 – $1,139.90
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $575.00 $250.78 – $1,139.90
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $575.00 $250.78 – $1,139.90
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $542.40 $3.50 – $401.25
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $575.00 $250.78 – $1,139.90
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $575.00 $250.78 – $1,139.90
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $575.00 $250.78 – $1,139.90

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