Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber 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

$29,180.00

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.

$58,360.00

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.

$22,993.84 with Advocate Employee vs $111,480.00 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 $22,993.84 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $30,347.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $31,485.22 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $31,514.40 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $35,016.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $35,132.72 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $35,833.04 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $38,692.68 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $41,844.12 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $44,003.44 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Commercial $46,688.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $48,461.37 ↑ +66%
Molina Medicare Advantage $48,461.37 ↑ +66%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $50,132.45 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $56,379.00 ↑ +93%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $64,169.53 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $65,328.00 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $96,319.00 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare HMO $111,480.00 ↑ +282%

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Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $29,180.00 $22,993.84 – $111,480.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $17,728.92 $23,649.00 – $23,649.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $19,851.60 $10,587.52 – $50,132.45
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $11,875.00 $10,750.00 – $54,491.76
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $23,805.00 $18,758.34 – $111,480.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $33,815.00 $26,646.22 – $64,169.53
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $34,430.00 $27,130.84 – $111,480.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $63,970.92 $787.44 – $24,942.66

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