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Chest X-ray at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$267.50
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.
$535.00
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.
$105.62 with Cigna vs $634.00 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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| Cigna | Commercial | $105.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $105.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -50% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $137.68 | ↓ -49% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $176.23 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $182.93 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $197.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $208.18 | ↓ -22% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $210.79 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $220.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $288.63 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $288.90 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $293.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $428.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $428.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $435.49 | ↑ +63% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $549.00 | ↑ +105% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $634.00 | ↑ +137% |
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Chest X-ray at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $270.00 | $105.62 – $634.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $201.60 | $99.57 – $125.96 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $201.60 | $54.71 – $218.42 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $265.00 | $105.62 – $424.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $308.60 | $9.63 – $170.12 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $267.50 | $105.62 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $220.00 | $85.56 – $396.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $270.00 | $105.62 – $634.00 |