Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) 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

$1,075.00

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.

$2,150.00

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.

$607.37 with Molina vs $3,966.00 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $607.37 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $607.37 ↓ -44%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $628.31 ↓ -42%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $804.24 ↓ -25%
Advocate Employee Commercial $847.10 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,118.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,159.93 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,161.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,205.66 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,303.18 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,372.13 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $1,419.00 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,720.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $1,720.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,750.10 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $2,006.00 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,324.00 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,426.00 ↑ +219%
United Healthcare HMO $3,966.00 ↑ +269%

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Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $1,075.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $791.01 $216.58 – $1,804.82
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $875.40 $363.22 – $1,342.28
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $875.40 $451.92 – $685.73
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $433.75 $354.63 – $694.01
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,075.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,075.00 $607.37 – $2,595.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,075.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00

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