Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug 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

$835.00

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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.

$1,670.00

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.

$181.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,435.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $181.74 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $196.44 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $206.83 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $501.35 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $501.35 ↓ -40%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $518.64 ↓ -38%
Advocate Employee Commercial $657.98 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $663.86 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $725.00 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $842.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna One Health Commercial $868.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $900.97 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $901.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $1,102.20 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,240.00 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,336.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $1,336.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,359.38 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare HMO $1,435.00 ↑ +72%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $615.00 $180.55 – $1,435.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $547.47 $345.76 – $560.13
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $376.80 $88.64 – $818.33
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $402.00 $308.20 – $371.08
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $243.75 not published
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $830.00 $176.39 – $1,435.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $485.00 $184.56 – $1,200.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $665.00 $180.55 – $1,435.00

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