Paclitaxel protein-bound 100 mg intravenous suspension at Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital
1302 N. Main Street, Sandwich, IL · Nm · · NPI 1184705931
$3,151.75
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.
$4,502.50
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.
$310.67 with BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] vs $4,502.50 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] — 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 | $310.67 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING SPECIALCARE OF IL [1608] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $310.67 | ↓ -90% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $310.67 | ↓ -90% |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $310.67 | ↓ -90% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN HMO [1604] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $310.67 | ↓ -90% |
| FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK HMO [1610] | VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $310.67 | ↓ -90% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | VWH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | $855.48 | ↓ -73% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | VWH MEDICARE | $855.48 | ↓ -73% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | VWH MEDICARE | $855.48 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | VWH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,566.87 | ↓ -50% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | VWH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $2,026.13 | ↓ -36% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | VWH THE ALLIANCE | $2,447.11 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $2,516.90 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $2,719.51 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $2,719.51 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $2,836.58 | ↓ -10% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | VWH BCBS HMO | $2,933.38 | ↓ -7% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS HMO | $2,933.38 | ↓ -7% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | VWH PHCS | $3,602.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | VWH BCBS PPO | $3,678.54 | ↑ +17% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | VWH BCBS PPO | $3,678.54 | ↑ +17% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | VWH HFN | $3,827.13 | ↑ +21% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | VWH MULTIPLAN | $3,939.69 | ↑ +25% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | VWH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $4,502.50 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,502.50 | ↑ +43% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,502.50 | ↑ +43% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | VWH SEIU HEALTHLINK | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | VWH UHC HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| CHOICECARE [177] | VWH CHOICE CARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Paclitaxel protein-bound 100 mg intravenous suspension at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,944.34 | $12.63 – $3,712.19 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $2,944.34 | $12.12 – $2,005.44 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,720.30 | $10.32 – $17.08 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $8,368.67 | not published |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $1,720.30 | $10.32 – $17.08 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $2,126.42 | $16.73 – $29.28 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $1,720.30 | $10.54 – $17.08 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks | Glendale Heights | $1,720.30 | $10.54 – $17.08 |