Assay of sialic acid at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
25 N. Winfield Rd. Winfield, IL 60190, IL · Nm · · NPI 1003864810
$317.80
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.
$454.00
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.
$4.97 with COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] vs $72.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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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| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $4.97 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $4.97 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $4.97 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $7.99 | ↓ -97% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $7.99 | ↓ -97% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $7.99 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $7.99 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $7.99 | ↓ -97% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $7.99 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $10.30 | ↓ -97% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS PPO | $12.67 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS PPO | $12.67 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA BP | $21.60 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA APCN/SP | $22.61 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $25.20 | ↓ -92% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS HMO | $29.58 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS HMO | $29.58 | ↓ -91% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | CDH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $36.00 | ↓ -89% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | CDH VALUE OPTIONS BHS | $36.00 | ↓ -89% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH SAGAMORE HEALTH PPO | $41.33 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $43.20 | ↓ -86% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | CDH MAGELLAN BHS | $43.20 | ↓ -86% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $43.20 | ↓ -86% |
| DREYER MED IPA ADVOCATE [1409] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $43.20 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | CDH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $45.36 | ↓ -86% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | CDH CHOICE CARE | $55.15 | ↓ -83% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | CDH FIRST HEALTH | $55.37 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | CDH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $57.60 | ↓ -82% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | CDH COMPSYCH | $57.60 | ↓ -82% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH PHCS/MULTIPLAN | $62.64 | ↓ -80% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | CDH HFN | $65.66 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY | $72.00 | ↓ -77% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $72.00 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | CDH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $72.00 | ↓ -77% |
| HUMANA BEHAVIORAL [185] | CDH LIFESYNCH BHS | $72.00 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $72.00 | ↓ -77% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | CDH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | CDH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB BLUE CROSS CHOICE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | CDH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| JOURNEYCARE INC HOSPICE [1275] | CDH JOURNEYCARE HOSPICE | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1304] | CDH BLUE CROSS MMAI (MEDICARE) | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | CDH UBH BHS | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $92.50 | $13.44 – $148.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $317.80 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $92.50 | $13.44 – $148.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $92.50 | $13.44 – $148.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $34.40 | $3.50 – $21.50 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $119.90 | $13.44 – $14.11 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $92.50 | $13.44 – $150.59 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $92.50 | $13.44 – $148.00 |