Family therapy with patient 50 min 90847 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

$303.80

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.

$434.00

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.

$69.44 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $434.00 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.

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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 $69.44 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $69.44 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT $69.44 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $81.16 ↓ -73%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS PPO $83.33 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PPO $83.33 ↓ -73%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $93.31 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BROAD $128.46 ↓ -58%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $147.13 ↓ -52%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $169.82 ↓ -44%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $169.82 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC CORE $196.60 ↓ -35%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $217.00 ↓ -29%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC ALL OTHER $221.77 ↓ -27%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $246.51 ↓ -19%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $246.51 ↓ -19%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $278.76 ↓ -8%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $303.80 ↑ +0%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $325.50 ↑ +7%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $325.50 ↑ +7%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $347.20 ↑ +14%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $347.20 ↑ +14%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $368.90 ↑ +21%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $434.00 ↑ +43%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $434.00 ↑ +43%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $434.00 ↑ +43%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] PH UBH BHS not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Family therapy with patient 50 min 90847 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $174.00 $152.46 – $266.80
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $174.00 $412.90 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $79.75 $186.21 – $308.14
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $122.50 $85.51 – $667.27
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $319.20 not published
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $192.50 $134.37 – $683.38
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $239.20 $100.44 – $253.76
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $79.75 not published

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