Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland Rd., Lake Forest, IL · Nm · · NPI 1124025176
$44,571.67
Cash price 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.
$63,673.81
Gross charge 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.
$3,619.80 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $21,806.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $3,619.80 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $4,620.69 | ↓ -90% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS HMO | $4,620.69 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $5,080.80 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $5,080.80 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $5,080.80 | ↓ -89% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $5,865.81 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PPO | $5,865.81 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $8,220.86 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC CORE | $9,502.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC HMO/PPO | $10,557.00 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $10,903.00 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $13,934.03 | ↓ -69% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NLFH THE ALLIANCE | $14,005.99 | ↓ -69% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NLFH CIGNA BROAD | $14,130.29 | ↓ -68% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH PHCS | $17,444.80 | ↓ -61% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NLFH PHCS | $17,444.80 | ↓ -61% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NLFH FIRST HEALTH | $17,880.92 | ↓ -60% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NLFH HFN PPO | $19,625.40 | ↓ -56% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA | $21,806.00 | ↓ -51% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $21,806.00 | ↓ -51% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $21,806.00 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $21,806.00 | ↓ -51% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NLFH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NLFH ADVOCATE IPA | 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 | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NLFH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $12,702.00 | $1,196.92 – $16,363.90 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $780.60 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $5,750.00 | $4,150.00 – $18,144.90 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $7,065.00 | $5,567.22 – $47,462.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $44,571.67 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $12,270.00 | $9,668.76 – $24,503.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $13,520.00 | $10,653.76 – $47,462.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $19,900.68 | $307.63 – $10,970.25 |