Drsg interceed 3x4in adh wnd barr absorb at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$2,431.93
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.
$4,863.86
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.
$378.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,332.97 with Multiplan — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $378.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $408.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $409.89 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $431.55 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $489.87 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $581.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $656.49 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $673.15 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $833.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $866.43 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $882.59 | ↓ -64% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $899.75 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $993.06 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,149.68 | ↓ -53% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,332.97 | ↓ -45% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Drsg interceed 3x4in adh wnd barr absorb at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $892.58 | $1,511.24 – $1,511.24 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $251.78 | not published |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $2,431.93 | $267.25 – $612.62 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $554.53 | $349.35 – $998.15 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $511.70 | $291.76 – $745.70 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $251.78 | not published |