Hemodialysis one evaluation at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$1,305.00
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.
$2,610.00
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.
$407.43 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,668.70 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $407.43 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $440.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $463.69 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $715.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $807.70 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $828.20 | ↓ -37% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $1,057.63 | ↓ -19% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,057.63 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $1,066.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $1,094.10 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,105.98 | ↓ -15% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,107.00 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $1,221.80 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,353.00 | ↑ +4% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,400.45 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,414.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,640.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,640.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,668.70 | ↑ +28% |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $1,025.00 | $404.77 – $1,472.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $1,582.68 | $161.70 – $1,181.63 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $500.00 | $720.02 – $1,191.46 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,025.00 | $395.45 – $1,472.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,450.00 | $249.47 – $2,320.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,590.00 | $404.77 – $1,640.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,810.84 | $65.00 – $998.22 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $500.00 | $720.02 – $1,191.46 |