Knee Arthroscopy (Meniscus Repair) 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

$1,216.80

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.

$2,028.00

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.

$588.89 with Humana vs $12,272.18 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 $588.89 ↓ -52%
Health Alliance Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,506.34 ↑ +188%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,541.40 ↑ +191%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,576.46 ↑ +194%
Zing Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,681.65 ↑ +203%
Caterpillar All Commercial Plans $6,168.00 ↑ +407%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $6,223.00 ↑ +411%
The Alliance All Commercial Plans $12,272.18 ↑ +909%

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Knee Arthroscopy (Meniscus Repair) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $755.40 $1,158.28 – $2,136.26
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $755.40 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $25,663.99 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,659.20 $490.70 – $2,524.18
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $25,663.99 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $22,713.54 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $22,318.87 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $20,694.66 not published

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