Amniotic fluid scan at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital
12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026
$231.70
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.
$331.00
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.
$23.44 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $109.00 with GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] — 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] | PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $23.44 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $36.95 | ↓ -84% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS HMO | $42.65 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS HMO | $42.65 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $54.50 | ↓ -76% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO | $54.50 | ↓ -76% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | PH MAGELLAN BHS | $65.40 | ↓ -72% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS | $76.30 | ↓ -67% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | PH COMPSYCH | $81.75 | ↓ -65% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH FIRST HEALTH | $81.75 | ↓ -65% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | PH BEECHSTREET | $87.20 | ↓ -62% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $87.20 | ↓ -62% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | PH HFN | $92.65 | ↓ -60% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $109.00 | ↓ -53% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | PH UBH BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | PH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Amniotic fluid scan at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $231.70 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $19.20 | $3.50 – $14.96 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $150.00 | $8.42 – $17.39 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $164.40 | $9.35 – $9.54 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $178.20 | $9.21 – $32.72 |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $214.80 | $9.35 – $9.54 |
| OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center | Ottawa | $159.00 | $9.35 – $9.54 |
| OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center | Pontiac | $252.80 | $9.35 – $9.54 |