Myelography thoracic spine at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
5666 East State Street, Rockford, IL · Osfhealthcare · · NPI 1790739977
$1,677.00
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.
$2,795.00
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.
$58.23 with Humana vs $2,940.22 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.
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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| Humana | All Commercial Plans | $58.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Alliance Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $840.06 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $848.46 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $856.87 | ↓ -49% |
| Zing | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $882.07 | ↓ -47% |
| The Alliance | All Commercial Plans | $2,940.22 | ↑ +75% |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,199.46 | $39.77 – $661.20 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $3,340.70 | $840.06 – $882.07 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $3,340.70 | $840.06 – $882.07 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $566.28 | $72.07 – $1,609.16 |
| OSF Holy Family Medical Center | Monmouth | $2,186.40 | not published |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $1,119.00 | $89.98 – $1,562.52 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $1,528.20 | $840.06 – $856.87 |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $1,881.00 | $840.06 – $856.87 |