Artificial larynx at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$31.33
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.
$44.76
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.
$7.43 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $44.76 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.
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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $7.43 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $9.40 | ↓ -70% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $9.48 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $9.48 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA | $19.25 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $20.14 | ↓ -36% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $20.37 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $21.22 | ↓ -32% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA BROAD | $21.75 | ↓ -31% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $22.38 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $23.59 | ↓ -25% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $28.60 | ↓ -9% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NLFH THE ALLIANCE | $28.75 | ↓ -8% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $34.47 | ↑ +10% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $35.81 | ↑ +14% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $35.81 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $40.28 | ↑ +29% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $44.76 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $44.76 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $44.76 | ↑ +43% |
| 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 | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NLFH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NLFH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Artificial larynx at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $1,062.96 – $1,062.96 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $1,151.92 – $2,741.56 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $1,151.92 – $1,728.84 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $1,151.92 – $2,806.45 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | not published | $449.36 – $1,271.09 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $1,151.92 – $2,824.70 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | not published | $1,151.92 – $2,780.09 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | not published | $1,151.92 – $1,525.31 |