Anoscopy remove lesion 46610 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

$8,036.34

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$11,480.49

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.

$3,577.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $3,975.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC CORE $3,577.00 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC HMO/PPO $3,975.00 ↓ -51%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NLFH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO not published by hospital
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE not published by hospital
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NLFH CIGNA BROAD not published by hospital
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NLFH MEDICARE not published by hospital
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE not published by hospital
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO not published by hospital
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS not published by hospital
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NLFH THE ALLIANCE not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY not published by hospital
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS not published by hospital
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES not published by hospital

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Anoscopy remove lesion 46610 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $445.20 $682.64 – $2,076.53
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $445.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $622.40 $71.68 – $2,133.47
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $430.00 – $4,818.61
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $4,145.15 – $12,362.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $4,145.15 – $8,003.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $4,145.15 – $12,362.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $430.00 – $4,818.61

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