Ghs community re-entry 15 minutes at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$85.00
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.
$170.00
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.
$47.13 with Molina vs $469.00 with United Healthcare — 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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| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $47.13 | ↓ -45% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $47.13 | ↓ -45% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $48.75 | ↓ -43% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $62.40 | ↓ -27% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $66.98 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $88.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $91.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $107.75 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $112.20 | ↑ +32% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $136.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $136.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $137.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $138.38 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $148.30 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $156.14 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $238.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $274.00 | ↑ +222% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $405.00 | ↑ +376% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $469.00 | ↑ +452% |
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Ghs community re-entry 15 minutes at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $42.90 | $31.11 – $80.52 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $47.13 – $155.13 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $80.40 | $34.80 – $278.27 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $80.40 | $40.61 – $62.98 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $32.50 | $32.00 – $52.96 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $85.00 | $47.13 – $469.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $85.00 | $47.13 – $295.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $85.00 | $47.13 – $469.00 |