MRA spinal canal at MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center

801 Illini Drive, Silvis, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1427132604

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$2,598.00

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.

$4,330.00

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.

$502.71 with Wellmark vs $3,983.60 with Midlands Choice — 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
Wellmark All Products $502.71 ↓ -81%
Oscar All Products $1,610.76 ↓ -38%
UHC HMO $3,022.00 ↑ +16%
UHC PPO $3,022.00 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice All Products $3,983.60 ↑ +53%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Naphcare All Products not published by hospital

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MRA spinal canal at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,598.00 $1,361.45 – $2,035.10
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $2,750.00 $1,096.00 – $2,824.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,360.00 $1,096.00 – $2,408.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $996.00 $78.60 – $661.63
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,125.00 $1,063.80 – $2,370.82
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,650.00 $1,096.00 – $2,720.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $2,785.00 $1,096.00 – $3,222.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $290.40 $300.43 – $2,178.92

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →