Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital

12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,283.37

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.

$1,833.38

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.

$37.30 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $233.15 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] — 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
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $37.30 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $37.30 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT $37.30 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $43.60 ↓ -97%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS PPO $44.76 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PPO $44.76 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $50.13 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BROAD $69.01 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $79.04 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $91.23 ↓ -93%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $91.23 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC CORE $105.62 ↓ -92%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $116.58 ↓ -91%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO $116.58 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC ALL OTHER $119.14 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $132.43 ↓ -90%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $132.43 ↓ -90%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] PH MAGELLAN BHS $139.89 ↓ -89%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $149.75 ↓ -88%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $163.21 ↓ -87%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $174.86 ↓ -86%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $174.86 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $186.52 ↓ -85%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $186.52 ↓ -85%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $198.18 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $233.15 ↓ -82%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $233.15 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $233.15 ↓ -82%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] PH UBH BHS not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $760.80 $405.76 – $1,103.16
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $760.80 $570.60 – $595.96
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $368.03 not published
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $16,179.80 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $434.70 $186.05 – $695.52
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $368.03 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $733.54 $333.03 – $1,173.66
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $733.54 $170.56 – $390.96

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