Pr repair sprfcl wd simple face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 2.6-5.0 cm 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

$26,351.16

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.

$37,644.51

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.

$145.30 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $777.00 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 $145.30 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $167.06 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BROAD $229.99 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $263.40 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $304.04 ↓ -99%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $304.04 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC CORE $346.00 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC ALL OTHER $385.00 ↓ -99%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $388.50 ↓ -99%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO $388.50 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $441.34 ↓ -98%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $441.34 ↓ -98%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] PH MAGELLAN BHS $466.20 ↓ -98%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $499.07 ↓ -98%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $543.90 ↓ -98%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $582.75 ↓ -98%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $582.75 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $621.60 ↓ -98%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $621.60 ↓ -98%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $660.45 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $777.00 ↓ -97%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $777.00 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $777.00 ↓ -97%
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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Pr repair sprfcl wd simple face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 2.6-5.0 cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $310.80 $165.76 – $422.17
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $310.80 $219.36 – $243.46
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $137.50 $210.49 – $348.31
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $452.50 $300.34 – $724.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $448.00 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $452.50 $300.34 – $724.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $452.50 $300.34 – $724.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $355.17 $50.98 – $195.79

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