Handle/convey/speciman/office-lab 99000 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.
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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.
$5.58 with UHC vs $73.37 with CIGNA C5 — 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 | $5.58 | — |
| UHC | 1672_UHC (BO,GO,HN,LG) 20231001 | $6.07 | — |
| AETNA ILLINOIS PREFERRED | 1525_AETNA ILLINOIS PREFERRED 20230101 | $6.72 | — |
| AETNA PPO | 1720_AETNA PPO (AB,SA) 20240101 | $6.72 | — |
| AETNA HMO | 1717_AETNA HMO (AB,SA) 20240101 | $6.72 | — |
| CIGNA IFP | 1616_CIGNA IFP (SA) 20231001 | $17.04 | — |
| BCBS MEDICAID | 1746_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE BCBS (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH | 1744_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| HARMONY HEALTH PLAN | 1753_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE HARMONY HEALTH PLAN (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| ILLINICARE | 1756_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| MERIDIAN | 1758_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% | 1760_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE OTHER (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| COUNTY CARE | 1747_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE COUNTY CARE (SA) 20240101 | $18.06 | — |
| CIGNA LOCAL PLUS | 1714_CIGNA LOCAL PLUS (AB,SA) 20240101 | $73.37 | — |
| CIGNA | 1614_CIGNA (AB,SA) 20231001 | $73.37 | — |
| CIGNA C5 | 1298_CIGNA C5 (AB,SA) 20230201 | $73.37 | — |
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Handle/convey/speciman/office-lab 99000 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital | Hoffman Estates | not published | $5.58 – $73.37 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $16.80 | $2.51 – $25.76 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $16.80 | $6.80 – $2,970.16 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $18.57 | $2.90 – $12.23 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $39.60 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $39.60 | not published |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $6.07 – $6.07 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $5.77 – $32.15 |