Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at Parkview LaGrange Hospital
207 N Townline Rd, Lagrange, IN · Parkview · · NPI 1679674956
$186.00
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.
$372.00
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.
$31.01 with BCBS vs $34.54 with UnitedHealthCare — 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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| BCBS | Anthem All Commercial Plans | $31.01 | ↓ -83% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $34.54 | ↓ -81% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Indiana hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Parkview DeKalb Hospital | Auburn | $187.50 | $17.27 – $25.90 |
| Parkview Logansport Hospital | Logansport | $21.59 | $17.27 – $34.54 |
| Parkview Wabash Hospital | Wabash | $190.50 | $31.01 – $34.54 |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia | Fort Wayne | $194.00 | $17.27 – $25.90 |
| Parkview Huntington Hospital | Huntington | $185.00 | $17.27 – $25.90 |
| Parkview Noble Hospital | Kendallville | $188.00 | $17.27 – $25.90 |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital & Parkview Kosciusko Hospital | Columbia City | $184.50 | $17.27 – $25.90 |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital | Fort Wayne | $194.00 | $17.27 – $25.90 |