Shunt glaucoma baerveldt 350mm at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital
12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026
$2,824.72
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.
$4,035.31
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.
$614.90 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $3,843.15 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 | $614.90 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $614.90 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT | $614.90 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $718.67 | ↓ -75% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS PPO | $737.88 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PPO | $737.88 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $826.28 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BROAD | $1,137.57 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,302.83 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS HMO | $1,503.82 | ↓ -47% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS HMO | $1,503.82 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC CORE | $1,740.95 | ↓ -38% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,921.58 | ↓ -32% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO | $1,921.58 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC ALL OTHER | $1,963.85 | ↓ -30% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA | $2,182.91 | ↓ -23% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH AETNA | $2,182.91 | ↓ -23% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | PH MAGELLAN BHS | $2,305.89 | ↓ -18% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | PH THE ALLIANCE | $2,468.46 | ↓ -13% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS | $2,690.21 | ↓ -5% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | PH COMPSYCH | $2,882.36 | ↑ +2% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH FIRST HEALTH | $2,882.36 | ↑ +2% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $3,074.52 | ↑ +9% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | PH BEECHSTREET | $3,074.52 | ↑ +9% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | PH HFN | $3,266.68 | ↑ +16% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,843.15 | ↑ +36% |
| 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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Shunt glaucoma baerveldt 350mm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,781.40 | $720.00 – $1,957.50 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $4,781.40 | $1,012.50 – $1,057.50 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,340.71 | $1,334.34 – $4,236.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $45,463.21 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,495.00 | $1,495.86 – $5,592.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,763.83 | $1,613.75 – $3,138.17 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,697.50 | $964.89 – $3,400.48 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $3,697.50 | $1,483.46 – $3,400.48 |