Angio tib/peroneal/init ves/unila 37228 at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital

1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$55,258.45

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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$78,940.64

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.

$2,138.58 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $12,883.00 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.

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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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,138.58 ↓ -96%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $2,729.91 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $2,729.91 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $3,014.62 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $3,014.62 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $3,014.62 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $3,517.06 ↓ -94%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $3,517.06 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC CORE $4,001.00 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC HMO/PPO $4,445.00 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $4,856.89 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA $5,539.69 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $5,797.35 ↓ -90%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $5,861.77 ↓ -89%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $6,441.50 ↓ -88%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $8,232.24 ↓ -85%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NLFH THE ALLIANCE $8,274.75 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NLFH CIGNA BROAD $8,348.18 ↓ -85%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $10,306.40 ↓ -81%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $10,306.40 ↓ -81%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $10,564.06 ↓ -81%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $11,594.70 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $12,883.00 ↓ -77%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,883.00 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $12,883.00 ↓ -77%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NLFH MEDICARE not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NLFH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Angio tib/peroneal/init ves/unila 37228 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,054.80 $1,396.56 – $17,732.46
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $910.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,750.00 $5,474.00 – $5,580.00
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,505.00 $4,337.94 – $25,111.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $38,827.70 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $11,285.00 $8,892.58 – $22,697.54
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $8,955.00 $7,056.54 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $23,945.60 $461.02 – $9,364.31

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