Bln press regulation 71-80cm at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$42,520.32
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.
$60,743.32
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.
$3,970.43 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $23,918.24 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.
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 | $3,970.43 | ↓ -91% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $5,022.83 | ↓ -88% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $5,068.28 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $5,068.28 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $5,596.87 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $5,596.87 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $5,596.87 | ↓ -87% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $6,529.68 | ↓ -85% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $6,529.68 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA | $10,284.84 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $10,882.80 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $11,337.25 | ↓ -73% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA BROAD | $11,624.26 | ↓ -73% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $11,959.12 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $12,604.91 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $15,283.76 | ↓ -64% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NLFH THE ALLIANCE | $15,362.69 | ↓ -64% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $18,417.04 | ↓ -57% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $19,134.59 | ↓ -55% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $19,134.59 | ↓ -55% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $21,526.42 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $23,918.24 | ↓ -44% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $23,918.24 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $23,918.24 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $23,918.24 | ↓ -44% |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
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Bln press regulation 71-80cm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $26,224.44 | $13,217.12 – $41,959.10 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $40,704.71 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $29,086.96 | $12,449.22 – $46,539.13 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $30,815.46 | $20,584.73 – $49,304.74 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $36,448.96 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $28,714.48 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $11,467.45 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital | McHenry | $19,212.37 | not published |