Aco med nutria tx/group, ea 30 min 97804aco 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

$20.00

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.

$40.00

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.

$15.76 with Advocate Employee vs $429.00 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 $15.76 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $20.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $21.58 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $21.60 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Advantage $24.75 ↑ +24%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $24.75 ↑ +24%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $25.60 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $26.40 ↑ +32%
Multiplan Commercial $32.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $32.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $32.56 ↑ +63%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $32.77 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $70.67 ↑ +253%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $76.39 ↑ +282%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $80.43 ↑ +302%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $217.00 ↑ +985%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $252.00 ↑ +1160%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $370.00 ↑ +1750%
United Healthcare HMO $429.00 ↑ +2045%

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Aco med nutria tx/group, ea 30 min 97804aco at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $20.00 $15.76 – $429.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $24.75 $15.06 – $41.48
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $48.60 $25.92 – $296.06
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $48.60 $13.68 – $38.07
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $27.50 $12.60 – $20.85
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $20.00 $15.76 – $429.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $37.60 $14.14 – $23.61
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $27.50 $12.60 – $20.85

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