Eeg/cerebral death evaluation only 95824 -26 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

$1,060.00

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.

$2,120.00

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.

$548.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,725.68 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $548.78 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $593.17 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $624.55 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $725.00 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $802.01 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare Advantage $802.01 ↓ -24%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $829.66 ↓ -22%
Advocate Employee Commercial $835.28 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $840.00 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,061.97 ↑ +0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,102.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,143.74 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,239.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $1,399.20 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare HMO $1,434.00 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,696.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $1,696.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,725.68 ↑ +63%

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Eeg/cerebral death evaluation only 95824 -26 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $1,060.00 $545.19 – $1,696.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $277.53 $217.80 – $896.04
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $576.60 $307.52 – $2,798.02
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $556.80 $89.00 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,060.00 $532.64 – $1,696.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,060.00 $336.03 – $1,696.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,060.00 $545.19 – $1,696.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,091.75 $35.01 – $601.82

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