Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital

200 S Cedar St, Shelbyville, IL · Hshs · · NPI 1053348532

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 24, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,620.00

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.

$2,250.00

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.

$281.25 with HUMANA vs $1,125.00 with HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS — 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 HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.25 ↓ -83%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $281.25 ↓ -83%
CLEAR SPRING HEALTH OF ILLINOIS CLEAR SPRING HEALTH MEDICARE ADV $281.25 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS MEDICARE ADV $281.25 ↓ -83%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $281.25 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $281.25 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BCBS IL MMAI $281.25 ↓ -83%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $295.31 ↓ -82%
AMISH COMMUNITY PLAIN CHURCH MEDICAL GROUP $315.00 ↓ -81%
AMISH COMMUNITY AMISH COMMUNITY DISCOUNT $315.00 ↓ -81%
CELTIC INSURANCE COMPANY ALL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AMBETTER $618.75 ↓ -62%
CLAIM DOC ALL COMMERCIAL CLAIM DOC $703.13 ↓ -57%
HOPETRUST ALL COMMERCIAL HOPETRUST $703.13 ↓ -57%
WELLFIRST ALL COMMERCIAL WELLFIRST $719.55 ↓ -56%
WEXFORD WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES $779.76 ↓ -52%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $786.38 ↓ -51%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $818.75 ↓ -49%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $830.25 ↓ -49%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $857.74 ↓ -47%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $896.63 ↓ -45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $896.63 ↓ -45%
HEALTHLINK ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK - PPO $938.25 ↓ -42%
HEALTHLINK ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHLINK $938.25 ↓ -42%
HEALTHLINK HEALTHLINK CASINO QUEEN $938.25 ↓ -42%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $956.25 ↓ -41%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $1,001.25 ↓ -38%
PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA ALL COMMERCIAL PROVIDER NETWORK OF AMERICA $1,012.50 ↓ -38%
HEALTHCARE FINEST NETWORK (HFN) ALL COMMERCIAL HFN $1,012.50 ↓ -38%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
HEALTHSCOPE ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSCOPE $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE MARKET PLACE $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE KINGERY $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
CONSOCIATE GROUP ALL COMMERCIAL CONSOCIATE GROUP $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAL PLANS HEALTH ALLIANCE PPO $1,125.00 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO 470 not published by hospital —
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BCBS IL BLUE CHOICE PLANS not published by hospital —
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BCBS IL HMO PHAI not published by hospital —
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BCBS OF ILLINOIS PPO not published by hospital —
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IL HMO not published by hospital —

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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $531.00 $179.52 – $480.85
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $354.00 $126.00 – $324.53
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $250.00 $322.03 – $532.87
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $680.00 $425.52 – $6,291.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $207.90 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,060.00 $429.46 – $4,528.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $750.00 $226.55 – $6,291.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,135.35 $40.47 – $312.93

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