Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm 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

$1,800.00

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.

$3,600.00

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.

$84.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $3,661.11 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 $84.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $98.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $144.00 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO $166.00 ↓ -91%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,418.40 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,872.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,942.20 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,944.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $2,160.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,674.80 ↑ +49%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,764.90 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,764.90 ↑ +54%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $2,860.24 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial $2,880.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,880.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,894.40 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,930.40 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $3,038.40 ↑ +69%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,661.11 ↑ +103%

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Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $1,800.00 $84.00 – $3,661.11
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $591.60 $315.52 – $3,343.15
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $295.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $450.00 $430.00 – $1,283.05
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,800.00 $84.00 – $3,661.11
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,800.00 $116.00 – $3,661.11
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,800.00 $84.00 – $3,661.11
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $4,291.24 $85.19 – $2,365.55

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