Esophagoscopy flex biopsy at Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital
1302 N. Main Street, Sandwich, IL · Nm · · NPI 1184705931
$9,375.11
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.
$13,393.01
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.
$256.20 with BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] vs $3,001.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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 MEDICAID [1612] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $256.20 | ↓ -97% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN HMO [1604] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $256.20 | ↓ -97% |
| FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK HMO [1610] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $256.20 | ↓ -97% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING SPECIALCARE OF IL [1608] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $256.20 | ↓ -97% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $256.20 | ↓ -97% |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $256.20 | ↓ -97% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | VWH MEDICARE | $570.19 | ↓ -94% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | VWH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | $570.19 | ↓ -94% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | VWH MEDICARE | $570.19 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | VWH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $762.25 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | VWH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,044.35 | ↓ -89% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | VWH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $1,350.45 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | VWH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,359.45 | ↓ -85% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | VWH CIGNA BROAD | $1,449.48 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | VWH UHC CORE | $1,506.50 | ↓ -84% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | VWH THE ALLIANCE | $1,631.04 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $1,677.56 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $1,812.60 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $1,812.60 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $1,890.63 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS HMO | $1,955.15 | ↓ -79% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | VWH BCBS HMO | $1,955.15 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | VWH AETNA | $1,962.65 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | VWH UHC HMO/PPO | $2,007.67 | ↓ -79% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | VWH CHOICE CARE | $2,022.67 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | VWH AETNA ASA | $2,079.69 | ↓ -78% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | VWH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,250.75 | ↓ -76% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | VWH BCBS PPO | $2,451.82 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS PPO | $2,451.82 | ↓ -74% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | VWH HFN | $2,550.85 | ↓ -73% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | VWH PHCS | $2,550.85 | ↓ -73% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | VWH MULTIPLAN | $2,625.88 | ↓ -72% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,001.00 | ↓ -68% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,001.00 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | VWH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $3,001.00 | ↓ -68% |
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Esophagoscopy flex biopsy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $553.80 | $849.16 – $988.61 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $553.80 | $2,677.41 – $2,970.16 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $9,375.11 | not published |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,370.00 | $1,867.56 – $6,181.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $826.40 | $91.96 – $1,475.78 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,620.00 | $1,276.56 – $6,181.00 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $2,546.40 | $1,094.00 – $3,824.79 |
| OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | Peoria | $3,303.00 | $332.77 – $6,990.77 |