Sling suprapubic suburetheral at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital
12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026
$12,163.31
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.
$17,376.16
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.
$330.82 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $2,067.61 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 | $330.82 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $330.82 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT | $330.82 | ↓ -97% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $386.64 | ↓ -97% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS PPO | $396.98 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PPO | $396.98 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $444.54 | ↓ -96% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BROAD | $612.01 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $700.92 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS HMO | $809.06 | ↓ -93% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS HMO | $809.06 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC CORE | $936.63 | ↓ -92% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,033.81 | ↓ -92% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO | $1,033.81 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC ALL OTHER | $1,056.55 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA | $1,174.40 | ↓ -90% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH AETNA | $1,174.40 | ↓ -90% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | PH MAGELLAN BHS | $1,240.57 | ↓ -90% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | PH THE ALLIANCE | $1,328.03 | ↓ -89% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS | $1,447.33 | ↓ -88% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | PH COMPSYCH | $1,550.71 | ↓ -87% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH FIRST HEALTH | $1,550.71 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $1,654.09 | ↓ -86% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | PH BEECHSTREET | $1,654.09 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | PH HFN | $1,757.47 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,067.61 | ↓ -83% |
| 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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Sling suprapubic suburetheral at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $3,130.80 | $1,197.76 – $3,256.41 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $3,130.80 | $1,684.35 – $1,759.21 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $11,775.67 | $902.10 – $2,863.80 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $41,628.05 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $12,712.73 | $1,167.91 – $4,366.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $13,837.20 | $1,846.69 – $4,423.20 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,119.42 | not published |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,791.30 | $1,536.84 – $5,416.18 |