Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,985.00

Cash price

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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.

$3,970.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,564.18 with Advocate Employee vs $6,181.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,564.18 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $2,064.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $2,141.82 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $2,143.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $2,382.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,389.94 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,437.58 ↑ +23%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,449.01 ↑ +23%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,449.01 ↑ +23%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $2,533.46 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,632.11 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,846.49 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,993.38 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,126.00 ↑ +57%
Multiplan Commercial $3,176.00 ↑ +60%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,242.82 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,622.00 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,340.00 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare HMO $6,181.00 ↑ +211%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $1,170.00 $921.96 – $6,181.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,409.60 $724.46 – $3,343.15
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,956.60 $632.00 – $1,776.46
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $600.00 $1,728.00 – $2,867.21
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,650.00 $1,300.20 – $6,181.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $2,195.00 $1,729.66 – $4,636.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,205.00 $1,737.54 – $6,181.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,201.12 $173.99 – $1,764.61

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