Luspatercept-aamt 25 mg subcutaneous solution 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

$72,090.20

Cash price

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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.

$102,986.00

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.

$5,698.61 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $34,329.00 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 $5,698.61 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $7,274.32 ↓ -90%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $7,274.32 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $8,032.99 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $8,032.99 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $8,032.99 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $9,371.82 ↓ -87%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $9,371.82 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $15,448.05 ↓ -79%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $15,619.70 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $17,164.50 ↓ -76%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $21,936.23 ↓ -70%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $27,463.20 ↓ -62%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $27,463.20 ↓ -62%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $28,149.78 ↓ -61%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $30,896.10 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $34,329.00 ↓ -52%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34,329.00 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $34,329.00 ↓ -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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Luspatercept-aamt 25 mg subcutaneous solution at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $21,867.91 $43.74 – $10,581.54
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $21,867.91 $41.96 – $5,716.46
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $48,631.63 $41.10 – $68.01
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $42,932.75 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $8,985.14 $41.10 – $68.01
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $8,985.14 $41.98 – $68.01
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $8,985.14 $41.98 – $68.01
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $77,340.72 not published

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