Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$280.00
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.
$560.00
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.
$175.33 with Advocate Employee 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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $175.33 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $231.40 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $238.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $238.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $240.08 | ↓ -14% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $240.30 | ↓ -14% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $246.73 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $267.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $267.89 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $273.23 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $295.04 | ↑ +5% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $315.81 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $319.07 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $335.53 | ↑ +20% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $356.00 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,181.00 | ↑ +1036% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,686.00 | ↑ +1216% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,437.00 | ↑ +1842% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,291.00 | ↑ +2147% |
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Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $238.50 – $6,291.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | not published | $164.48 – $266.46 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $237.60 | $73.00 – $2,143.62 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $297.50 | $232.46 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $265.00 | $175.33 – $4,528.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $409.60 | $14.72 – $136.54 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $155.10 | $174.14 – $182.85 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $360.00 | $238.37 – $6,291.00 |