Intra-atrial pacing 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

$6,050.00

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.

$12,100.00

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.

$1,442.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $15,187.18 with HSTechnology — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,442.63 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,559.31 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,641.82 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,126.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,622.00 ↓ -40%
Advocate Employee Commercial $4,767.40 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,340.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO $6,181.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna One Health Commercial $6,292.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $6,527.95 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $6,534.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $7,260.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $7,284.20 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $7,429.40 ↑ +23%
Multiplan Commercial $9,680.00 ↑ +60%
Molina Medicare Advantage $11,469.48 ↑ +90%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $11,469.48 ↑ +90%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $11,864.98 ↑ +96%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $15,187.18 ↑ +151%

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Intra-atrial pacing at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $3,403.29 $572.55 – $6,308.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $1,433.20 – $15,187.18
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $4,151.40 $895.82 – $11,864.98
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,960.00 $1,400.20 – $15,187.18
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $6,155.00 $883.35 – $15,187.18
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $7,985.00 $1,433.20 – $15,187.18
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,807.92 $55.84 – $5,903.25
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,785.00 $1,420.24 – $15,187.18

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