Unlisted procedure liver 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

$26,043.50

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.

$37,205.00

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.

$64.63 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $462.00 with GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] — 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 $64.63 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $65.93 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $78.22 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $86.39 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $99.33 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BROAD $136.75 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA IL PREFERRED $156.62 ↓ -99%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS HMO $180.78 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS HMO $180.78 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PPO $204.57 ↓ -99%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] PH BCBS PPO $204.57 ↓ -99%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO $231.00 ↓ -99%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH SEIU HEALTHLINK $231.00 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH AETNA $262.42 ↓ -99%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH AETNA $262.42 ↓ -99%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] PH MAGELLAN BHS $277.20 ↓ -99%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] PH THE ALLIANCE $296.74 ↓ -99%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS $323.40 ↓ -99%
COMPSYCH [112] PH COMPSYCH $346.50 ↓ -99%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] PH FIRST HEALTH $346.50 ↓ -99%
BEECHSTREET [176] PH BEECHSTREET $369.60 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $369.60 ↓ -99%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] PH HFN $392.70 ↓ -98%
HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $462.00 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
HEALTHLINK [125] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $462.00 ↓ -98%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $462.00 ↓ -98%
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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Unlisted procedure liver at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $700.00 $551.60 – $6,071.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $700.00 $551.60 – $4,681.00
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $1,060.20 $758.85 – $2,825.00
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington $1,662.00 $758.85 – $2,769.00
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $1,788.00 $758.85 – $4,983.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $733.44 – $1,100.15
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $703.59 – $6,120.07
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $742.91 – $1,229.33

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