Ghs trypsin (fecal) 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

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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.

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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.

$7.30 with United Healthcare Charter vs $42.58 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $7.30
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $7.30
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $7.30
United Healthcare HMO $7.30
Molina Medicare Advantage $10.59
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $10.59
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $10.95
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $14.02
Cigna Commercial $32.74
Cigna One Health Commercial $32.74
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $37.42
Aetna Commercial $39.57
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $40.44
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $42.58

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Ghs trypsin (fecal) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $7.30 – $42.31
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $5.48 – $29.97
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $108.60 $4.42 – $166.52
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $108.60 $8.40 – $85.07
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $18.40 $3.50 – $11.68
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $7.15 – $11.83
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $7.30 – $41.33
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $7.30 – $39.57

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