Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe multiplex chlamydia trachomatis neisseria gonorrhoeae at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$550.20
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.
$786.00
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.
$56.61 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $341.00 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 | $56.61 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $71.47 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $71.61 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $72.26 | ↓ -87% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $72.26 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $75.05 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $79.35 | ↓ -86% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $93.13 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $93.13 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA | $146.63 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $153.45 | ↓ -72% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $155.16 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $161.63 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA BROAD | $165.73 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $170.50 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $179.71 | ↓ -67% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $217.90 | ↓ -60% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NLFH THE ALLIANCE | $219.02 | ↓ -60% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $272.80 | ↓ -50% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $272.80 | ↓ -50% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $279.62 | ↓ -49% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $306.90 | ↓ -44% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $341.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $341.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $341.00 | ↓ -38% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NLFH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NLFH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NLFH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe multiplex chlamydia trachomatis neisseria gonorrhoeae at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $456.40 | not published |
| OSF Holy Family Medical Center | Monmouth | $96.80 | not published |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $72.60 | $70.18 – $130.53 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $72.60 | $70.18 – $71.58 |
| OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center | Alton | $72.60 | $70.18 – $71.58 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $72.60 | $70.18 – $245.63 |
| OSF Saint Clare Medical Center | Princeton | $96.80 | not published |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $72.60 | $70.18 – $71.58 |