Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$1,110.00
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.
$2,220.00
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.
$446.18 with Ambetter vs $6,291.00 with United Healthcare — 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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $446.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $446.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $461.57 | ↓ -58% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $590.81 | ↓ -47% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $874.68 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $1,154.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,197.69 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,198.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,332.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,336.44 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,363.08 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,471.86 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,591.74 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,673.88 | ↑ +51% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,776.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,181.00 | ↑ +187% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,686.00 | ↑ +232% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,437.00 | ↑ +390% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,291.00 | ↑ +467% |
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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $452.50 | $356.57 – $6,291.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | not published | $307.71 – $498.49 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $206.40 | $316.48 – $394.49 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $206.40 | $1,068.37 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $200.00 | $322.03 – $532.87 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $570.00 | $446.18 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $452.50 | $356.57 – $6,291.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $632.74 | $229.65 – $8,778.00 |