Prothrombin complex kcentra 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

$12,699.75

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.

$18,142.50

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.

$1,512.84 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $9,113.50 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

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 $1,512.84 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS HMO $1,931.15 ↓ -85%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS HMO $1,931.15 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $2,132.56 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $2,132.56 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $2,132.56 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PPO $2,487.99 ↓ -80%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NLFH BCBS PPO $2,487.99 ↓ -80%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NLFH AETNA ASA $4,146.64 ↓ -67%
HEALTHLINK [125] NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK $4,556.75 ↓ -64%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $5,823.53 ↓ -54%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NLFH THE ALLIANCE $5,853.60 ↓ -54%
BEECHSTREET [176] NLFH PHCS $7,290.80 ↓ -43%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH PHCS $7,290.80 ↓ -43%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NLFH FIRST HEALTH $7,473.07 ↓ -41%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NLFH HFN PPO $8,202.15 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $9,113.50 ↓ -28%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA $9,113.50 ↓ -28%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,113.50 ↓ -28%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $9,113.50 ↓ -28%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NLFH MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NLFH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NLFH ADVOCATE IPA not published by hospital

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Prothrombin complex kcentra at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $18.22 not published
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5.40 $3.10 – $8.63
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $5.49 $3.10 – $8.74
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $5.49 $3.10 – $8.78
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $4.81 $0.37 – $8.49
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $18.22 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $5.49 $3.10 – $8.91
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $5.47 $3.10 – $8.74

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