Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$50.00

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.

$100.00

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.

$34.90 with United Healthcare Charter vs $142.44 with HSTechnology — 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $34.90 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $39.40 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $40.40 ↓ -19%
Cigna One Health Commercial $52.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $53.95 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $54.00 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $59.60 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $62.36 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $66.00 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $67.41 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO $69.00 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $70.97 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $80.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $80.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $81.40 ↑ +63%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $107.57 ↑ +115%
Molina Medicare Advantage $107.57 ↑ +115%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $111.28 ↑ +123%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $142.44 ↑ +185%

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $29.70 $24.75 – $120.19
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $52.80 $6.44 – $111.28
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $52.80 $8.00 – $77.19
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $28.75 $75.54 – $124.99
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $50.00 $38.18 – $142.44
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44

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