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Original text from hospital filings
H IRON CONCENTRATION LIVER
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $156 is 1106% above the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 98% of the 2,615 hospitals reporting CPT 83540. 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 | $33.15 | $33.15 | $33.15 – $33.15 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $81.90 | $81.90 | $81.90 – $81.90 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $81.90 | $81.90 | $81.90 – $81.90 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare navigate other · outpatient | $84.00 | $84.00 | $84.00 – $84.00 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $84.44 | $84.44 | $84.44 – $84.44 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $88.92 | $88.92 | $88.92 – $88.92 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare other · outpatient | $92.00 | $92.00 | $92.00 – $92.00 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $97.50 | $97.50 | $97.50 – $97.50 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $97.50 | $97.50 | $97.50 – $97.50 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $103.35 | $103.35 | $103.35 – $103.35 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $103.35 | $103.35 | $103.35 – $103.35 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $109.20 | $109.20 | $109.20 – $109.20 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $112.32 | $112.32 | $112.32 – $112.32 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $112.32 | $112.32 | $112.32 – $112.32 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $117.00 | $117.00 | $117.00 – $117.00 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $117.00 | $117.00 | $117.00 – $117.00 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $117.00 | $117.00 | $117.00 – $117.00 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $117.00 | $117.00 | $117.00 – $117.00 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $126.75 | $126.75 | $126.75 – $126.75 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $126.75 | $126.75 | $126.75 – $126.75 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $136.50 | $136.50 | $136.50 – $136.50 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $136.50 | $136.50 | $136.50 – $136.50 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $136.50 | $136.50 | $136.50 – $136.50 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $136.50 | $136.50 | $136.50 – $136.50 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $138.45 | $138.45 | $138.45 – $138.45 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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