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Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital

for CT scan of abdomen and pelvis · Lake Forest 60045

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One file, 2 locations. These prices come from a file that covers 2 locations — Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Grayslake — and the file does not say which of them any price belongs to. Every figure here is that whole file's rather than this one address's. The file's own header names it "Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital".

The facilities this file names, exactly as it names them: Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital · Northwestern Medicine Grayslake.

Which of these is yours you said: Aetna
List price
The "gross charge" — the sticker price almost nobody actually pays.
$8,642
Cash price
What this hospital says it charges someone paying without insurance.
$6,049.40
Aetna
This hospital published no rate for Aetna. Nothing else on this page substitutes for it.
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Every other insurer
19 rates across 10 insurers that are not yours. Context, not your price.
$1,434.57 – $8,642

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital publishes no Aetna rate for CT scan of abdomen and pelvis. We could put one of the 19 rates below in this space, and it would be wrong: a rate is negotiated between one hospital and one insurer, so what any of those insurers pays here tells you nothing about what Aetna pays.

The file does not say why it is missing — Aetna may not be contracted here for this service, or the hospital may have left it out of the disclosure it is required to publish. Both are worth asking about: ask the hospital for the rate, and ask Aetna whether this hospital is in your network.

The same procedure, at this one hospital, ranges from $1,434.57 to $8,642. That is not an error, and it is not our arithmetic — it is what the hospital published.

The difference is between insurers and plans. Each negotiates its own rate, so which figure applies to you depends on the card in your wallet.

Not yours

Every other insurer

These belong to other insurers. None of them is your price. They are here so you can see the whole file rather than only the part we picked.

AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] $1,434.57
Plans, line items and rates for AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171]
NLFH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $1,434.57
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] $1,831.24 – $8,642 4.7×
Plans, line items and rates for BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401]
NLFH BCBS HMO HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $1,831.24
NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $2,022.23
NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $2,022.23
NLFH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $2,022.23
NLFH BCBS PPO HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $2,359.27
NLFH BC LAKE COUNTY PHYS ASSOC IPA HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $3,888.90
NLFH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $8,642
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] $1,831.24 – $2,359.27
Plans, line items and rates for ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402]
NLFH BCBS HMO HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $1,831.24
NLFH BCBS PPO HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $2,359.27
HEALTHLINK [125] $4,321
Plans, line items and rates for HEALTHLINK [125]
NLFH SEIU HEALTHLINK HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $4,321
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] $5,522.24 – $7,777.80
Plans, line items and rates for HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126]
NLFH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $5,522.24
NLFH HFN PPO HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $7,777.80
THE ALLIANCE [1703] $5,550.76
Plans, line items and rates for THE ALLIANCE [1703]
NLFH THE ALLIANCE HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $5,550.76
BEECHSTREET [176] $6,913.60
Plans, line items and rates for BEECHSTREET [176]
NLFH PHCS HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $6,913.60
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] $6,913.60 – $8,642
Plans, line items and rates for MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142]
NLFH PHCS HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $6,913.60
NLFH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $8,642
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] $7,086.44
Plans, line items and rates for FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034]
NLFH FIRST HEALTH HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $7,086.44
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] $8,642
Plans, line items and rates for UNITED HEALTHCARE [158]
NLFH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY HB CT Abd & Pelv W/Contrast $8,642

How complete the paperwork is

What Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital published — and what it left out

Federal law tells hospitals what to publish. This score is our reading of how much of that Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital actually did publish. It is a measure of their paperwork, not their care. We hold no clinical, safety, or outcome data about any hospital, and nothing here should be read as a comment on the medicine.

0.84/ 1.00

At or above our 0.50 threshold, so this hospital appears in comparisons. A passing score means the file is complete enough to compare, not that it is complete.

0.00 Publishing threshold 0.50 1.00

The four parts of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital's disclosure-completeness score, each with its weight, its value, and what was counted.
What we checked Weight Scored Added
How many common services carry a price Partial credit 55 of 70 CMS shoppable services have an unflagged gross or cash dollar amount. 0.40 0.79 0.31
How often the price is a dollar amount Near full credit 6490768 of 7908841 negotiated rates are dollar amounts rather than formulas. 0.25 0.82 0.21
How recently the file was updated Full credit Current: file states last_updated_on 2026-04-01 (196 days old). 0.20 1.00 0.20
How many rows are usable figures Near full credit 1418073 of 8501241 rows are quality-flagged (placeholder, zero, blank, or algorithm-only). 0.15 0.83 0.13
Total 0.84

Each part is scored from 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the four add up to the total above. Every count in the right-hand column came from the hospital's own file — we did not estimate, impute, or fill a gap on their behalf. Where the file is thin, the score is thin, and the gap belongs to the publisher.

Where these numbers came from

Provenance

Every figure above was read from a file this hospital publishes because federal law requires it. Nothing here is estimated, modelled, or supplied by us.

https://www.nm.org/site_data/362179779_northwestern-lake-forest-hospital_standardcharges.json
Hospital states last updated 1 Apr 2026 We fetched it 6 Aug 2026

These are published prices, not a quote and not a bill. What you owe depends on your own plan, your deductible, and what actually happens during your care.