Chronic urticaria - sendout at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$336.70
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.
$481.00
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.
$12.45 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $75.00 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.
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 | $12.45 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $15.89 | ↓ -95% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $15.89 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $17.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $17.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $17.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $20.48 | ↓ -94% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $20.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $33.75 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $34.13 | ↓ -90% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $37.50 | ↓ -89% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $47.93 | ↓ -86% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $60.00 | ↓ -82% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $60.00 | ↓ -82% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $61.50 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $67.50 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $75.00 | ↓ -78% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $75.00 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $75.00 | ↓ -78% |
| 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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Chronic urticaria - sendout at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $175.20 | $9.15 – $268.64 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $175.20 | $14.33 – $137.24 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $358.40 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $48.57 | $3.50 – $26.77 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $15.18 | $9.35 – $51.76 |
| OSF Holy Family Medical Center | Monmouth | $595.20 | not published |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $432.00 | $12.46 – $23.18 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $556.20 | $12.46 – $12.71 |