Bx/curett of cervix w/scope 57454 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

$462.50

Cash price

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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.

$925.00

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 $780.70 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $98.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $144.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare HMO $166.00 ↓ -64%
Advocate Employee Commercial $364.45 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $459.79 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $459.79 ↓ -1%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $475.64 ↑ +3%
Cigna One Health Commercial $481.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $499.04 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $499.50 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $555.00 ↑ +20%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $608.82 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $687.28 ↑ +49%
Multiplan Commercial $740.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $740.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $743.70 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $752.95 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $780.70 ↑ +69%

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Bx/curett of cervix w/scope 57454 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $459.79 – $6,291.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $317.09 – $513.69
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $594.00 $514.60 – $910.80
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $594.00 $1,393.67 – $2,970.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $405.60 $119.52 – $319.86
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $462.50 $84.00 – $740.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $319.70 – $529.02
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $459.79 – $6,291.00

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