Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px 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

$2,850.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,700.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,245.80 with Advocate Employee vs $12,362.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,245.80 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $2,964.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,075.15 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $3,078.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $3,420.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,431.40 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,499.80 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $3,779.10 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $4,086.90 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $4,297.80 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Commercial $4,560.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $5,213.15 ↑ +83%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,213.15 ↑ +83%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,392.91 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $6,296.00 ↑ +121%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $6,902.93 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $7,295.00 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $10,757.00 ↑ +277%
United Healthcare HMO $12,362.00 ↑ +334%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $2,135.00 $1,682.38 – $12,362.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $6,894.60 $1,465.91 – $7,047.20
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,110.00 $1,662.68 – $12,362.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $3,150.00 $2,482.20 – $8,003.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,110.00 $1,662.68 – $12,362.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,883.16 $136.15 – $2,683.16
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $2,411.20 $3,777.44 – $3,966.31
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,630.00 $2,072.44 – $12,362.00

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →