Penicillin g potassium in ns IV syringe 100,000 units/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$105.00

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.

$150.00

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.

$5.15 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $31.00 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 $5.15 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $6.57 ↓ -94%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $6.57 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $7.25 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $7.25 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $7.25 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $8.46 ↓ -92%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $8.46 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $13.95 ↓ -87%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $14.11 ↓ -87%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $15.50 ↓ -85%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $19.81 ↓ -81%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $24.80 ↓ -76%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $24.80 ↓ -76%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $25.42 ↓ -76%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $27.90 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $31.00 ↓ -70%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $31.00 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $31.00 ↓ -70%
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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Penicillin g potassium in ns IV syringe 100,000 units/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $119.73 $18.64 – $50.68
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $119.73 $1.29 – $27.38
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $100.50 $1.88 – $1.88
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $11.79 $1.53 – $18.86
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $299.25 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $17.44 $0.11 – $2.55
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $81.08 $1.88 – $1.88
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $9.83 $2.00 – $17.69

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