Drsg oasis ultr ster 3lyr 7x10 70sqcm -cost per sq cm at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$220.50
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.
$315.00
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.
$19.65 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $118.38 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 | $19.65 | ↓ -91% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $25.08 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $25.08 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $27.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $27.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $27.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $32.32 | ↓ -85% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $32.32 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA | $50.90 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $53.27 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $53.86 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $56.11 | ↓ -75% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $59.19 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $62.39 | ↓ -72% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $75.64 | ↓ -66% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $91.15 | ↓ -59% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $94.70 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $94.70 | ↓ -57% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $106.54 | ↓ -52% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $118.38 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $118.38 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $118.38 | ↓ -46% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NLFH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NLFH MEDICARE | 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 | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
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Drsg oasis ultr ster 3lyr 7x10 70sqcm -cost per sq cm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $40.56 | not published |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $22.52 | $20.44 – $20.44 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $220.50 | not published |
| HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital | HIGHLAND | $756.00 | $5.70 – $32.00 |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital | McHenry | $220.50 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $12.94 – $26.50 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $16.86 – $20.78 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $12.94 – $26.50 |