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Original text from hospital filings
H CT CTA HEAD W/WO CONTRAST
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $3.2k is 524% above the median hospital's median price ($519), higher than 94% of the 2,615 hospitals reporting CPT 70496. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 42 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $688.50 | $688.50 | $688.50 – $688.50 |
| 2 | Magellan magellan behavioral health per diem · inpatient | $900.00 | $900.00 | $900.00 – $900.00 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare navigate other · outpatient | $1,126 | $1,126 | $1,126 – $1,126 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare other · outpatient | $1,210 | $1,210 | $1,210 – $1,210 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network other · outpatient | $1,512 | $1,512 | $1,512 – $1,512 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,701 | $1,701 | $1,701 – $1,701 |
| 7 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,701 | $1,701 | $1,701 – $1,701 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,754 | $1,754 | $1,754 – $1,754 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,847 | $1,847 | $1,847 – $1,847 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,147 | $2,147 | $2,147 – $2,147 |
| 13 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,147 | $2,147 | $2,147 – $2,147 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,333 | $2,333 | $2,333 – $2,333 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,333 | $2,333 | $2,333 – $2,333 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,430 | $2,430 | $2,430 – $2,430 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,430 | $2,430 | $2,430 – $2,430 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,430 | $2,430 | $2,430 – $2,430 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,430 | $2,430 | $2,430 – $2,430 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna other · outpatient | $2,614 | $2,614 | $2,614 – $2,614 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,633 | $2,633 | $2,633 – $2,633 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,633 | $2,633 | $2,633 – $2,633 |
| 23 | Medicare medicare per diem · inpatient | $2,656 | $2,656 | $2,656 – $2,656 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,835 | $2,835 | $2,835 – $2,835 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,835 | $2,835 | $2,835 – $2,835 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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