Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card 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

$5,455.00

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.

$10,910.00

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.

$4,298.54 with Advocate Employee vs $18,102.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $4,298.54 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $4,861.63 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicare Advantage $4,861.63 ↓ -11%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,029.28 ↓ -8%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,673.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $5,885.95 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,891.40 ↑ +8%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $6,437.47 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial $6,546.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $6,567.82 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $6,698.74 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $7,233.33 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $7,822.47 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $8,226.14 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Commercial $8,728.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $9,155.00 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10,607.00 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $15,641.00 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare HMO $18,102.00 ↑ +232%

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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $3,760.00 $2,962.88 – $18,102.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $6,773.00 – $6,773.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $8,036.40 $2,435.39 – $5,397.83
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,669.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,375.00 $2,414.00 – $5,628.06
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,030.00 $2,387.64 – $18,102.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $4,390.00 $3,459.32 – $11,479.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $4,065.00 $3,203.22 – $18,102.00

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