Application of paste boot 29580 at HSHS St. Francis Hospital
1215 FRANCISCAN DRIVE, LITCHFIELD, IL · Hshs · · NPI 1326057076
$432.00
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.
$600.00
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.
$86.52 with CLEAR SPRING HEALTH OF ILLINOIS vs $412.00 with NAPHCARE — 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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| CLEAR SPRING HEALTH OF ILLINOIS | CLEAR SPRING HEALTH MEDICARE ADV | $86.52 | ↓ -80% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $86.52 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL MEDICARE | $86.52 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $90.64 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $90.64 | ↓ -79% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $90.85 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS MEDICARE ADV | $94.76 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL MMAI | $94.76 | ↓ -78% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT | $115.36 | ↓ -73% |
| AMISH COMMUNITY | PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP | $115.36 | ↓ -73% |
| CELTIC INSURANCE COMPANY | ALL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AMBETTER | $208.47 | ↓ -52% |
| CLAIM DOC | ALL COMMERCIAL CLAIM DOC | $216.30 | ↓ -50% |
| WEXFORD | WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES | $223.13 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | AETNA HSHS | $224.13 | ↓ -48% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $234.29 | ↓ -46% |
| HOPETRUST | ALL COMMERCIAL HOPETRUST | $236.90 | ↓ -45% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $245.44 | ↓ -43% |
| WELLFIRST | ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST | $265.04 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $289.64 | ↓ -33% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $305.70 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $329.60 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $330.42 | ↓ -24% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $330.42 | ↓ -24% |
| CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | ALL COMMERCIAL CURRENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS | $346.08 | ↓ -20% |
| CONSOCIATE GROUP | ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP | $350.20 | ↓ -19% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $350.20 | ↓ -19% |
| HEALTHLINK | ST CLAIR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY | $351.44 | ↓ -19% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO | $351.44 | ↓ -19% |
| HEALTHLINK | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK | $351.44 | ↓ -19% |
| HEALTHLINK | HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN | $351.44 | ↓ -19% |
| PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA | $370.80 | ↓ -14% |
| HEALTHCARE FINEST NETWORK (HFN) | ALL COMMERCIAL HFN | $370.80 | ↓ -14% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC MEDICAID | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS | HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| HEALTHSCOPE | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | ILLINOIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $412.00 | ↓ -5% |
| BLUE CROSS SIHCA | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO SIHCA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL HMO PHAI | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS OF ILLINOIS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO 470 | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS | BCBS IL BLUE CHOICE PLANS | not published by hospital | — |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $205.80 | $109.76 – $2,143.62 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $99.60 | $527.06 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $87.50 | $170.48 – $282.10 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $320.00 | $84.00 – $512.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $360.00 | $116.00 – $472.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $654.08 | $23.70 – $180.28 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $87.50 | $170.48 – $282.10 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $473.55 | $174.14 – $182.85 |