Mesh tiss ovitex lpr 15x15x25cm 6mm oval 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

$17,195.42

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.

$24,564.88

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.

$6.20 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $44.30 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] — 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 SELECT $6.20 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $6.32 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $7.50 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $9.52 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $15.02 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $17.33 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $17.33 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PPO $19.62 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS PPO $19.62 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC CORE $20.07 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $22.15 ↓ -100%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO $22.15 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC ALL OTHER $22.64 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $25.16 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $25.16 ↓ -100%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] PH MAGELLAN BHS $26.58 ↓ -100%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $28.45 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $31.01 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $33.23 ↓ -100%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $33.23 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $35.44 ↓ -100%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $35.44 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $37.66 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $44.30 ↓ -100%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $44.30 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $44.30 ↓ -100%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] PH UBH BHS not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Mesh tiss ovitex lpr 15x15x25cm 6mm oval at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $58,850.05 not published
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry $18,870.96 not published
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Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $36.78 – $36.78
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $36.78 – $36.78
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