Muscle test cran nerv unilat 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

$352.50

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.

$705.00

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.

$277.77 with Advocate Employee vs $1,679.00 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 $277.77 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $366.60 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $380.35 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $380.70 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $403.27 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $435.89 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $458.95 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial $465.30 ↑ +32%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $470.68 ↑ +34%
Molina Medicare Advantage $470.68 ↑ +34%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $486.91 ↑ +38%
Multiplan Commercial $564.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $564.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $573.87 ↑ +63%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $623.25 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $849.00 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $984.00 ↑ +179%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,450.00 ↑ +311%
United Healthcare HMO $1,679.00 ↑ +376%

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Muscle test cran nerv unilat at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $87.45 $160.05 – $525.87
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $400.64 – $623.25
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $352.50 $277.77 – $1,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $233.60 $37.96 – $242.25
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $352.50 $277.77 – $1,679.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $352.50 $277.77 – $1,679.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $131.95 – $486.91
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $141.00 – $357.36

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