Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$13,600.00

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.

$27,200.00

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.

$10,716.80 with Advocate Employee vs $47,462.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $10,716.80 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $14,144.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $14,674.40 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $14,688.00 ↑ +8%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial $16,320.00 ↑ +20%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,363.90 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $16,374.40 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $16,700.80 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $18,033.60 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $19,502.40 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $20,508.80 ↑ +51%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,945.80 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $21,760.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $24,003.00 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $27,813.00 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $41,007.00 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare HMO $47,462.00 ↑ +249%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $9,280.00 $7,312.64 – $47,462.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $6,242.61 $12,190.00 – $12,190.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,181.40 $1,318.36 – $16,363.90
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $859.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $11,205.00 $8,829.54 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,140.00 $9,566.32 – $24,503.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $9,090.00 $7,162.92 – $47,462.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $18,531.40 $293.07 – $10,215.43

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