Blood smear interpretation at Ascension Saint Alexius Women And Children's Hospital (Ascension St. Alexius Medical Center)
1555 Barrington Rd Hoffman Estates IL 60169|1555 Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL · Ascension · · NPI 1376644385
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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.
not published by hospital
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.
$24.77 with UHC vs $117.39 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.
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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| UHC | 1711_UHC (AB,SA) 20240101 | $24.77 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1524_SMARTHEALTH (ABIL,AHIL,AGIL,AMIL) 20230101 | $27.72 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1643_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 | $27.72 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1696_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 | $27.72 | — |
| UHC | 1672_UHC (BO,GO,HN,LG) 20231001 | $29.56 | — |
| AETNA HMO | 1717_AETNA HMO (AB,SA) 20240101 | $62.45 | — |
| AETNA PPO | 1720_AETNA PPO (AB,SA) 20240101 | $62.45 | — |
| CIGNA IFP | 1616_CIGNA IFP (SA) 20231001 | $73.05 | — |
| CIGNA C5 | 1298_CIGNA C5 (AB,SA) 20230201 | $75.90 | — |
| CIGNA LOCAL PLUS | 1714_CIGNA LOCAL PLUS (AB,SA) 20240101 | $75.90 | — |
| CIGNA | 1614_CIGNA (AB,SA) 20231001 | $75.90 | — |
| BCBS MEDICAID | 1746_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE BCBS (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| MERIDIAN | 1758_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH | 1744_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% | 1760_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE OTHER (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| COUNTY CARE | 1747_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE COUNTY CARE (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| HARMONY HEALTH PLAN | 1753_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE HARMONY HEALTH PLAN (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| ILLINICARE | 1756_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE (SA) 20240101 | $77.40 | — |
| HUMANA PPO | 1622_HUMANA PPO (SA) 20231001 | $116.60 | — |
| HUMANA HMO | 1620_HUMANA HMO (SA) 20231001 | $117.39 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Blood smear interpretation at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital | Hoffman Estates | not published | $24.77 – $77.40 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $52.20 | $13.11 – $16.92 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $31.25 | $20.98 – $29.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $46.40 | $14.34 – $44.09 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $31.25 | $20.15 – $29.56 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $75.35 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $75.35 | not published |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $31.25 | $20.15 – $29.56 |