Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$8,475.00
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.
$16,950.00
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.
$6,678.30 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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 | $6,678.30 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $8,814.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $9,144.53 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $9,153.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $10,170.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $10,203.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $10,407.30 | ↑ +23% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $10,797.81 | ↑ +27% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $10,797.81 | ↑ +27% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $11,170.15 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $11,237.85 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $12,153.15 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $12,700.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $12,780.30 | ↑ +51% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $13,560.00 | ↑ +60% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $14,297.79 | ↑ +69% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $14,716.00 | ↑ +74% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $21,695.00 | ↑ +156% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $25,111.00 | ↑ +196% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $8,310.00 | $6,548.28 – $25,111.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $9,857.40 | $1,773.76 – $11,170.15 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,156.80 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $3,500.00 | $5,474.00 – $12,596.95 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $8,475.00 | $6,678.30 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $9,280.00 | $7,312.64 – $16,667.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $6,545.00 | $5,157.46 – $25,111.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $19,675.53 | $451.41 – $10,846.13 |