Biopsy, bone open deep at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital
12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026
$7,266.70
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.
$10,381.00
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.
$1,660.96 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $10,381.00 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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| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $1,660.96 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT | $1,660.96 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $1,660.96 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,941.25 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PPO | $1,993.15 | ↓ -73% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS PPO | $1,993.15 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $2,231.92 | ↓ -69% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BROAD | $3,072.78 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $3,519.16 | ↓ -52% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS HMO | $4,062.09 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS HMO | $4,062.09 | ↓ -44% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO | $5,190.50 | ↓ -29% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $5,190.50 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA | $5,896.41 | ↓ -19% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH AETNA | $5,896.41 | ↓ -19% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | PH THE ALLIANCE | $6,667.72 | ↓ -8% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS | $7,266.70 | ↑ +0% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | PH COMPSYCH | $7,785.75 | ↑ +7% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH FIRST HEALTH | $7,785.75 | ↑ +7% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | PH BEECHSTREET | $8,304.80 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | PH HFN | $8,823.85 | ↑ +21% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $10,381.00 | ↑ +43% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | PH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | PH MAGELLAN BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | PH UBH BHS | not published by hospital | — |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $476.40 | $730.48 – $1,795.34 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $476.40 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $7,266.70 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,104.80 | $305.73 – $2,226.56 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $6,640.80 | $1,678.00 – $5,789.71 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $5,680.80 | $388.88 – $10,894.61 |
| OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | Peoria | $4,267.20 | $388.88 – $10,582.16 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $7,266.70 | not published |