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Skin Biopsy at MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center
801 Illini Drive, Silvis, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1427132604
$160.80
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.
$268.00
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.
$69.76 with Wellmark vs $2,231.30 with UHC — 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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| Wellmark | All Products | $69.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Naphcare | All Products | $141.70 | ↓ -12% |
| Midlands Choice | All Products | $200.56 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellmark | Medicare Advantage | $207.13 | ↑ +29% |
| Oscar | All Products | $310.69 | ↑ +93% |
| UHC | PPO | $2,143.62 | ↑ +1233% |
| UHC | HMO | $2,231.30 | ↑ +1288% |
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Skin Biopsy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $160.80 | $1,149.82 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $390.00 | $300.34 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $402.50 | $300.34 – $4,528.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $212.50 | $167.45 – $6,291.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $393.84 | $34.05 – $217.10 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $192.50 | $151.69 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $230.00 | $181.24 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $245.00 | $181.79 – $4,116.00 |