Pms2 gene full seq analysis 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

$1,641.50

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.

$2,345.00

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.

$336.98 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $2,030.00 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 $336.98 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $430.16 ↓ -74%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $430.16 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $475.02 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $475.02 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $475.02 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $554.19 ↓ -66%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $554.19 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $913.50 ↓ -44%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $923.65 ↓ -44%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,015.00 ↓ -38%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $1,297.17 ↓ -21%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $1,624.00 ↓ -1%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $1,624.00 ↓ -1%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $1,664.60 ↑ +1%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $1,827.00 ↑ +11%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $2,030.00 ↑ +24%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,030.00 ↑ +24%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $2,030.00 ↑ +24%
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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Pms2 gene full seq analysis at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $1,641.50 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,353.60 $3.50 – $1,082.40
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,223.75 $676.50 – $710.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $1,223.75 $676.50 – $710.32
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $890.34 $507.38 – $2,814.15
OSF Holy Family Medical Center Monmouth $1,649.60 not published
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $1,045.80 $0.02 – $1,258.29
OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana Danville $1,082.40 $676.50 – $690.03

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