Cystoscopy chemodenervation at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$16,027.05
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.
$22,895.79
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.
$1,302.10 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $7,844.00 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 | $1,302.10 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $1,662.14 | ↓ -90% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $1,662.14 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $2,137.00 | ↓ -87% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $2,374.00 | ↓ -85% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,957.19 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA | $3,372.92 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $3,529.80 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $3,569.02 | ↓ -78% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $3,922.00 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $5,012.32 | ↓ -69% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NLFH THE ALLIANCE | $5,038.20 | ↓ -69% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA BROAD | $5,082.91 | ↓ -68% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $6,275.20 | ↓ -61% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $6,275.20 | ↓ -61% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $6,432.08 | ↓ -60% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $7,059.60 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $7,844.00 | ↓ -51% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7,844.00 | ↓ -51% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $7,844.00 | ↓ -51% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NLFH MEDICARE | 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 | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NLFH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | 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 | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Cystoscopy chemodenervation at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $15,312.79 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $886.40 | $151.65 – $1,593.66 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $2,704.80 | $355.99 – $7,840.33 |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $21,086.92 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $14,890.98 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital | Wheaton | $5,490.80 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital | DeKalb | $15,312.79 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $1,546.86 – $3,203.11 |