Colposcopy/cervix/ conization 57461 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

$21,986.06

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.

$31,408.66

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.

$936.31 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $5,007.00 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.

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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
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $936.31 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $1,076.51 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BROAD $1,482.07 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $1,697.37 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC CORE $1,788.50 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $1,959.24 ↓ -91%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $1,959.24 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC ALL OTHER $1,987.50 ↓ -91%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,503.50 ↓ -89%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO $2,503.50 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $2,843.98 ↓ -87%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $2,843.98 ↓ -87%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] PH MAGELLAN BHS $3,004.20 ↓ -86%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $3,216.00 ↓ -85%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $3,504.90 ↓ -84%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $3,755.25 ↓ -83%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $3,755.25 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $4,005.60 ↓ -82%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $4,005.60 ↓ -82%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $4,255.95 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $5,007.00 ↓ -77%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS PPO not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PPO not published by hospital
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] PH UBH BHS not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Colposcopy/cervix/ conization 57461 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $625.20 $958.64 – $2,333.21
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $625.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $3,504.90 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $845.60 $163.53 – $2,473.55
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $3,579.60 $1,678.00 – $6,452.27
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $5,648.40 $346.39 – $11,793.16
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $3,504.90 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $14,407.12 not published

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