Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$467.50
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.
$935.00
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.
$291.42 with United Healthcare Charter vs $828.01 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 | $291.42 | ↓ -38% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $328.99 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $337.34 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $365.36 | ↓ -22% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $365.36 | ↓ -22% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $377.96 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $434.20 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $450.48 | ↓ -4% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $450.90 | ↓ -4% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $483.79 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $497.66 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $551.10 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $576.15 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $668.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $668.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $679.69 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $727.56 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $786.40 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $828.01 | ↑ +77% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $465.00 | $289.67 – $781.65 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $225.39 | $251.97 – $427.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $491.40 | $167.68 – $895.82 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $491.40 | $211.93 – $268.49 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $225.00 | $250.32 – $414.22 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $425.00 | $261.75 – $763.22 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $675.00 | $330.96 – $750.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $470.00 | $293.16 – $781.65 |