Evaluation cervicovaginal fluid for specific amniotic fluid proteins qualitative each specimen 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

$305.00

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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.

$610.00

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.

$98.11 with United Healthcare Charter vs $446.44 with Cigna — 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.

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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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $98.11 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $98.11 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $98.11 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HMO $98.11 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Advantage $142.26 ↓ -53%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $142.26 ↓ -53%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $147.17 ↓ -52%
Advocate Employee Commercial $167.45 ↓ -45%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $188.37 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial $229.29 ↓ -25%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $229.50 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $315.78 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $340.00 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $340.00 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $341.70 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $345.95 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $358.70 ↑ +18%
Cigna One Health Commercial $446.44 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial $446.44 ↑ +46%

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Evaluation cervicovaginal fluid for specific amniotic fluid proteins qualitative each specimen at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $305.00 $98.11 – $446.44
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $55.11 $73.58 – $408.64
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $235.20 $55.07 – $360.64
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $235.20 $112.83 – $184.24
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $43.75 $72.43 – $158.94
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $305.00 $98.11 – $446.44
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $305.00 $98.11 – $446.44
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $305.00 $98.11 – $446.44

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