Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$620.00
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.
$1,240.00
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.
$281.48 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $992.00 with Multiplan — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $281.48 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $303.80 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $305.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $321.16 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $364.56 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $432.76 | ↓ -30% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $488.56 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $496.47 | ↓ -20% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $496.47 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $500.96 | ↓ -19% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $513.59 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $620.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $644.80 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $656.83 | ↑ +6% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $657.39 | ↑ +6% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $669.60 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $739.04 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $855.60 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $992.00 | ↑ +60% |
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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $496.47 – $657.39 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $562.50 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,695.00 | $496.47 – $4,312.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $760.00 | $496.47 – $1,216.00 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $562.50 | not published |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $595.00 | $415.31 – $952.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $620.00 | $390.60 – $1,116.00 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $385.80 | not published |