Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at Parkview DeKalb Hospital

1316 E Seventh St, Auburn, IN · Parkview · · NPI 1902897937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$420.50

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.

$841.00

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.

$110.61 with Aetna vs $263.76 with BCBS — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $110.61 ↓ -74%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $111.72 ↓ -73%
CareSource Exchange $116.14 ↓ -72%
Managed Health Services Exchange $149.32 ↓ -64%
BCBS Anthem Exchange $165.92 ↓ -61%
Signature Care Employee $231.00 ↓ -45%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $237.61 ↓ -43%
Physicians Health Plan HMO $243.77 ↓ -42%
Signature Care Exclusive Elite Other Commercial Plan $251.08 ↓ -40%
Signature Care EPO $251.08 ↓ -40%
BCBS Anthem All Commercial Plans $263.76 ↓ -37%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Indiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (St. Mary's Health, Inc.) IN 47750|10388 Warrick Wellness Trail Newburgh $523.80 $25.92 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) Kokomo $520.20 $23.01 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc.) Carmel $520.20 $25.92 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center Carmel $520.20 $23.01 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Naab Surgery Center Indianapolis $520.20 $23.01 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Seton (St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital, Inc.) Indianapolis $520.20 $25.92 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Salem (St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc.) Salem $742.80 $25.92 – $400.00
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph (St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, Inc.) Winchester $888.60 $23.01 – $400.00

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