Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$56.00 with CIGNA IFP vs $91.08 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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| CIGNA IFP | 1616_CIGNA IFP (SA) 20231001 | $56.00 | — |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH | 1744_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| BCBS MEDICAID | 1746_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE BCBS (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| HARMONY HEALTH PLAN | 1753_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE HARMONY HEALTH PLAN (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| ILLINICARE | 1756_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE ILLINICARE (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| MERIDIAN | 1758_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% | 1760_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE OTHER (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| COUNTY CARE | 1747_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE COUNTY CARE (SA) 20240101 | $59.34 | — |
| CIGNA LOCAL PLUS | 1714_CIGNA LOCAL PLUS (AB,SA) 20240101 | $91.08 | — |
| CIGNA | 1614_CIGNA (AB,SA) 20231001 | $91.08 | — |
| CIGNA C5 | 1298_CIGNA C5 (AB,SA) 20230201 | $91.08 | — |
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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital | Hoffman Estates | not published | $59.34 – $91.08 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $31.25 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $90.00 | $70.92 – $276.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $90.00 | $58.55 – $201.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $90.00 | $70.92 – $276.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $185.36 | $14.91 – $102.18 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $31.25 | not published |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $166.10 | not published |