Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$1,018.21
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.
$2,036.41
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.
$17.50 with United Healthcare Charter vs $42.31 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $17.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $19.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $20.25 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $26.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $27.05 | ↓ -97% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $27.07 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $29.88 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $33.09 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $34.59 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $37.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $40.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $40.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $40.81 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $42.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $799.78 | $39.50 – $90.54 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $1,234.05 | $1,422.48 – $1,422.48 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,753.80 | $5.12 – $14.72 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,753.80 | $7.20 – $7.52 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $964.28 | $12.38 – $28.38 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,336.74 | $17.53 – $35.58 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,389.88 | $10.71 – $24.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $410.78 | $26.04 – $50.63 |