Ep & ablate ventric tachy 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

$21,080.00

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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.

$42,160.00

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.

$11,873.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $91,059.00 with United Healthcare — 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

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 $11,873.67 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $12,834.04 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $13,513.09 ↓ -36%
Advocate Employee Commercial $16,611.04 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $21,923.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $22,745.32 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $22,766.40 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $25,296.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $25,380.32 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $25,886.24 ↑ +23%
Multiplan Commercial $33,728.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $37,080.79 ↑ +76%
Molina Medicare Advantage $37,080.79 ↑ +76%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $38,359.44 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $46,053.00 ↑ +118%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $49,100.08 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $53,361.00 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $78,676.00 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare HMO $91,059.00 ↑ +332%

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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $11,796.06 – $91,059.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $4,712.40 – $8,245.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $26,193.60 $7,456.31 – $40,163.52
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $7,500.00 $6,448.00 – $45,375.90
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $22,330.00 $11,524.44 – $91,059.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $29,785.00 $7,270.42 – $49,100.08
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $31,500.00 $11,796.06 – $91,059.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $38,991.98 $861.22 – $21,494.33

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