Oil silicone ophth 8.5ml silikon 1000 at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital
12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026
$668.93
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.
$955.61
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.
$151.68 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $947.98 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.
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 OPTIONS | $151.68 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $151.68 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT | $151.68 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $177.27 | ↓ -73% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS PPO | $182.01 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PPO | $182.01 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $203.82 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BROAD | $280.60 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $321.37 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS HMO | $370.94 | ↓ -45% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS HMO | $370.94 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC CORE | $429.43 | ↓ -36% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $473.99 | ↓ -29% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO | $473.99 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC ALL OTHER | $484.42 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA | $538.45 | ↓ -20% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH AETNA | $538.45 | ↓ -20% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | PH MAGELLAN BHS | $568.79 | ↓ -15% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | PH THE ALLIANCE | $608.89 | ↓ -9% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS | $663.59 | ↓ -1% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | PH COMPSYCH | $710.99 | ↑ +6% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH FIRST HEALTH | $710.99 | ↑ +6% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $758.38 | ↑ +13% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | PH BEECHSTREET | $758.38 | ↑ +13% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | PH HFN | $805.78 | ↑ +20% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $947.98 | ↑ +42% |
| 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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Oil silicone ophth 8.5ml silikon 1000 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $797.24 | $401.81 – $1,275.58 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $2,271.07 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,247.68 | $478.53 – $1,788.88 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,195.75 | $542.87 – $1,913.19 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,195.75 | $408.05 – $935.36 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $888.18 | $559.55 – $1,598.72 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $746.49 | $418.75 – $1,070.30 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $3,936.83 | not published |