Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at HSHS St. John's Hospital
800 E Carpenter St. Springfield, IL 62769|301 N. 8th St., IL · Hshs · · NPI 1205818481
$10,031.04
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.
$13,932.00
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.
$3.02 with COVENTRY vs $1,161.00 with LIVE360 — 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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| COVENTRY | COVENTRY MEDICARE ADVANTRA | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL MEDICARE | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL MMAI | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS MEDICARE ADV | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| CLEAR SPRING HEALTH OF ILLINOIS | CLEAR SPRING HEALTH MEDICARE ADV | $3.02 | ↓ -100% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $3.17 | ↓ -100% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $4.98 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $4.98 | ↓ -100% |
| CELTIC INSURANCE COMPANY | ALL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AMBETTER | $6.65 | ↓ -100% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $6.80 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $7.06 | ↓ -100% |
| HOPETRUST | ALL COMMERCIAL HOPETRUST | $7.55 | ↓ -100% |
| CLAIM DOC | ALL COMMERCIAL CLAIM DOC | $7.55 | ↓ -100% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT | $325.08 | ↓ -97% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP | $325.08 | ↓ -97% |
| WEXFORD | WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES | $393.81 | ↓ -96% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $413.50 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO | $429.57 | ↓ -96% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $433.19 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $463.24 | ↓ -95% |
| WELLFIRST | ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST | $547.88 | ↓ -95% |
| CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | ALL COMMERCIAL CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | $580.50 | ↓ -94% |
| CITY OF SPRINGFIELD | CITY OF SPRINGFIELD WORKCOMP | $592.11 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA | AETNA HSHS | $629.26 | ↓ -94% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK | $746.52 | ↓ -93% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN | $746.52 | ↓ -93% |
| HEALTHLINK | ST CLAIR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY | $746.52 | ↓ -93% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO | $746.52 | ↓ -93% |
| CONSOCIATE GROUP | ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP | $812.70 | ↓ -92% |
| RUSHVILLE DETENTION CENTER | RUSHVILLE DETENTION CENTER | $835.92 | ↓ -92% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $855.66 | ↓ -91% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO | $919.51 | ↓ -91% |
| HEALTHCARE FINEST NETWORK (HFN) | ALL COMMERCIAL HFN | $986.85 | ↓ -90% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $986.85 | ↓ -90% |
| PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | $1,044.90 | ↓ -90% |
| SAE HOSPICE | SAE MEMORIAL HOSPICE | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH EOS | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC MEDICAID | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTHSCOPE | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $1,161.00 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO 470 | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS OF ILLINOIS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL HMO PHAI | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL BLUE CHOICE PLANS | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS SIHCA | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO SIHCA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $6,866.96 | $3.13 – $343.15 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $6,866.96 | $3.00 – $185.38 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,648.39 | $2.86 – $4.74 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $1,648.39 | $2.86 – $4.74 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $1,648.39 | $2.93 – $4.74 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks | Glendale Heights | $1,648.39 | $2.93 – $4.74 |
| HSHS St. Francis Hospital | LITCHFIELD | $13,374.72 | $4.98 – $1,486.10 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $4.34 – $11.58 |