Graft nerve adv 3-4x70mm 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

$58,287.77

Cash price

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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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$83,268.25

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.

$0.02 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $0.15 with MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] — 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

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 SELECT $0.02 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $0.02 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $0.02 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $0.03 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $0.03 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS PPO $0.03 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PPO $0.03 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BROAD $0.04 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $0.05 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC CORE $0.07 ↓ -100%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO $0.08 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $0.08 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC ALL OTHER $0.08 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $0.09 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $0.09 ↓ -100%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] PH MAGELLAN BHS $0.09 ↓ -100%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $0.10 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $0.11 ↓ -100%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $0.11 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $0.11 ↓ -100%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $0.12 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $0.12 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $0.13 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $0.15 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $0.15 ↓ -100%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.15 ↓ -100%
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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Graft nerve adv 3-4x70mm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $26,257.80 $180.16 – $489.81
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $26,257.80 $253.35 – $264.61
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $21,851.28 $142.29 – $451.72
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $97,654.37 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $17,114.15 $473.48 – $1,770.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $20,118.82 $398.70 – $954.96
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,980.84 $1,348.51 – $2,622.37
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $15,266.75 $391.90 – $1,381.14

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