Application of long arm cast 29065 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

$362.50

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.

$725.00

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.

$285.65 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.

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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 $285.65 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $377.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $391.14 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $391.50 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Advantage $401.43 ↑ +11%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $401.43 ↑ +11%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $415.27 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial $478.50 ↑ +32%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $531.54 ↑ +47%
Multiplan Commercial $580.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $580.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $582.05 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $590.15 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $629.13 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $662.41 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,181.00 ↑ +778%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,686.00 ↑ +917%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,437.00 ↑ +1400%
United Healthcare HMO $6,291.00 ↑ +1635%

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Application of long arm cast 29065 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $401.43 – $6,291.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $231.00 – $448.50
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $257.40 $137.28 – $415.27
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $257.40 $160.00 – $294.26
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $143.75 $293.43 – $485.55
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $427.50 $238.00 – $684.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $362.50 $285.65 – $4,528.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $462.40 $61.52 – $213.98

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