Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$1,397.33
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.
$1,996.19
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.
$3.93 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $1,838.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $3.93 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $3.93 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $305.11 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $389.47 | ↓ -72% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $389.47 | ↓ -72% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $430.09 | ↓ -69% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $430.09 | ↓ -69% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $430.09 | ↓ -69% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $501.77 | ↓ -64% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $501.77 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $692.93 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA | $790.34 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $827.10 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA ASA | $836.29 | ↓ -40% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $919.00 | ↓ -34% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $1,174.48 | ↓ -16% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NLFH THE ALLIANCE | $1,180.55 | ↓ -16% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA BROAD | $1,191.02 | ↓ -15% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $1,470.40 | ↑ +5% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $1,470.40 | ↑ +5% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $1,507.16 | ↑ +8% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $1,654.20 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $1,838.00 | ↑ +32% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,838.00 | ↑ +32% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $1,838.00 | ↑ +32% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NLFH ADVOCATE IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NLFH MEDICARE | 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 | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $414.00 | $394.49 – $634.80 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $414.00 | $1,068.37 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $435.00 | $740.55 – $1,225.43 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $750.00 | $591.00 – $6,071.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $4,981.02 | $1.70 – $1.70 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,376.05 | $75.01 – $758.55 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $435.00 | $740.55 – $1,225.43 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,630.00 | $854.98 – $6,071.00 |