Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$56.70

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.

$81.00

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.

$5.27 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $31.75 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $5.27 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $6.73 ↓ -88%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $6.73 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $7.43 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $7.43 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $7.43 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $8.67 ↓ -85%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $8.67 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $14.29 ↓ -75%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $14.45 ↓ -75%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $15.88 ↓ -72%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $20.29 ↓ -64%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $25.40 ↓ -55%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $25.40 ↓ -55%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $26.04 ↓ -54%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $28.58 ↓ -50%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $31.75 ↓ -44%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $31.75 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $31.75 ↓ -44%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NLFH MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT 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

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $147.56 $6.74 – $18.33
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $147.56 $0.72 – $9.90
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $45.15 $0.17 – $0.17
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $10.44 $0.02 – $1.48
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $36.12 $0.17 – $0.17
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $43.11 $0.22 – $0.22
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $36.12 $0.17 – $0.70
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $36.12 $0.17 – $0.17

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