Leuprolide 3.75 mg intramuscular syringe kit at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital

1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$30,770.95

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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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$43,958.50

Gross charge

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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.

$2,432.40 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $14,653.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,432.40 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $3,104.97 ↓ -90%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $3,104.97 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $3,428.80 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $3,428.80 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $3,428.80 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $4,000.27 ↓ -87%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $4,000.27 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $6,593.85 ↓ -79%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $6,667.12 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $7,326.50 ↓ -76%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $9,363.27 ↓ -70%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $11,722.40 ↓ -62%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $11,722.40 ↓ -62%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $12,015.46 ↓ -61%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $13,187.70 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $14,653.00 ↓ -52%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $14,653.00 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $14,653.00 ↓ -52%
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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Leuprolide 3.75 mg intramuscular syringe kit at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $9,611.85 $941.38 – $3,411.37
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $9,611.85 $1,024.74 – $1,842.92
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,256.75 $1,614.06 – $5,657.88
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $33,012.17 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,887.32 $978.08 – $4,979.12
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $4,233.65 $1,693.99 – $2,803.12
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,273.51 $1,662.98 – $5,657.88
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $3,269.84 $1,637.16 – $5,657.88

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