Ghs nailbed repair/nail removal 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

$625.00

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.

$1,250.00

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.

$84.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $1,225.15 with HSTechnology — 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
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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 $84.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna One Health Commercial $94.00 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $98.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial $100.00 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $144.00 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO $166.00 ↓ -73%
Advocate Employee Commercial $492.50 ↓ -21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $675.00 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Advantage $925.24 ↑ +48%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $925.24 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $928.75 ↑ +49%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $957.14 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,000.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $1,000.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,005.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,017.50 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,055.00 ↑ +69%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,225.15 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs nailbed repair/nail removal at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $625.00 $84.00 – $1,225.15
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $638.10 – $1,033.72
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $429.60 $65.35 – $957.14
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $429.60 $176.98 – $688.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $325.00 $775.37 – $1,283.05
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $625.00 $84.00 – $1,225.15
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $625.00 $94.00 – $1,225.15
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $625.00 $84.00 – $1,225.15

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