Cell enumeration & id 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

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 $1,110.96 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.

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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
UHC MCR HMO 95% 1663_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT (AB,SA) 95% 20231001 $238.24
AARP 1687_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $238.24
AARP 1655_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $238.24
UHC MCR HMO 95% 1695_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 95% 20240101 $238.24
UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE 1710_UHC INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE (SA) 20231001 $250.78
UHC 1711_UHC (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
CIGNA 1614_CIGNA (AB,SA) 20231001 $250.78
AETNA MEDICARE 1657_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $250.78
AETNA MEDICARE 1689_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
BCBS MEDICARE 1690_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BCBS OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
BCBS MEDICARE 1733_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BCBS INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
COVID-19 UNINSURED 1652_COVID-19 UNINSURED (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $250.78
COVID-19 UNINSURED 1702_COVID-19 UNINSURED (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $250.78
HUMANA MEDICARE 1659_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $250.78
HUMANA MEDICARE 1691_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 100% 1654_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $250.78
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 100% 1686_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $250.78
UHC MEDICARE 100% 1661_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT 100% (AB,SA) 20231001 $250.78
UHC MEDICARE 100% 1694_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 100% 20240101 $250.78
UHC MEDICARE 101% 1662_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT (AB,SA) 101% 20231001 $253.29
CIGNA IFP 1616_CIGNA IFP (SA) 20231001 $256.72
ILLINICARE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1660_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $258.30
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS 1693_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA HC OF IL OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 103% 20240101 $258.30
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS 1645_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA HC OF IL INPATIENT 103% 20231001 $258.30
ILLINICARE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1692_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $258.30
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1656_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH INPATIENT (AB,SA) 20231001 $263.32
AETNA BETTER HEALTH MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1688_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH OUTPATIENT (AB,SA) 20240101 $263.32
BRIGHT HEALTH 1648_BRIGHT HEALTH (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $313.48
BRIGHT HEALTH 1684_BRIGHT HEALTH (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $313.48
BCBS FOCUS CARE 1732_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOCUS CARE (SA) INPATIENT 20240101 $328.52
BCBS FOCUS CARE 1699_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOCUS CARE (SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $328.52
BCBS BCS 1728_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS (SA) INPATIENT 20240101 $331.03
SMARTHEALTH 1696_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $351.09
SMARTHEALTH 1643_SMARTHEALTH (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $351.09
ACTIN CARE 1682_ACTIN CARE 155%MCR (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $388.71
ACTIN CARE 1650_ACTIN CARE 155%MCR (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $388.71
AMBETTER 1683_AMBETTER (AB,SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $406.26
AMBETTER 1646_AMBETTER (AB,SA) INPATIENT 20231001 $406.26
BCBS BCS 1701_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCS (SA) OUTPATIENT 20240101 $443.88
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
HUMANA PPO 1622_HUMANA PPO (SA) 20231001 $1,103.43
HUMANA HMO 1620_HUMANA HMO (SA) 20231001 $1,110.96

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