Lead acuity x4 spiral l 86cm at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$4,812.75
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.
$9,625.50
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.
$1,708.40 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $6,020.80 with Multiplan — 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 | $1,708.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,843.87 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,851.40 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,949.23 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $2,212.64 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $2,626.57 | ↓ -45% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $2,965.24 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,040.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $3,763.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,913.52 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,986.52 | ↓ -17% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $4,064.04 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $4,485.50 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $5,192.94 | ↑ +8% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $6,020.80 | ↑ +25% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Lead acuity x4 spiral l 86cm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $5,112.56 | $4,551.70 – $4,551.70 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,582.80 | $240.00 – $652.50 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $4,582.80 | $337.50 – $352.50 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $2,668.29 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,901.95 | $1,384.84 – $4,396.32 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $4,823.10 | $1,416.08 – $5,293.76 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $4,015.80 | $1,840.21 – $4,407.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,666.84 | $903.39 – $1,756.78 |