Brace cust back lso at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center

5666 East State Street, Rockford, IL · Osfhealthcare · · NPI 1790739977

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$895.53 with Humana vs $4,415.60 with The Alliance — 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
Humana All Commercial Plans $895.53
Health Alliance Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,261.60
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,274.22
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,286.83
Zing Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,324.68
The Alliance All Commercial Plans $4,415.60

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Brace cust back lso at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. $1,611.36 $1,333.85 – $3,642.20
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $1,793.45 – $6,401.54
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $1,793.45 – $4,036.84
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $1,793.45 – $6,553.06
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island not published $614.05 – $1,978.98
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $1,793.45 – $6,595.67
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge not published $1,793.45 – $6,491.51
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin not published $1,793.45 – $3,083.30

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