Place slctv cath carotd art uni 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

$9,780.00

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.

$19,560.00

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.

$6,162.16 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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 $6,162.16 ↓ -37%
Cigna One Health Commercial $8,132.80 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↓ -16%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $8,437.78 ↓ -14%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $8,445.60 ↓ -14%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $8,452.51 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial $9,384.00 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $9,415.28 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $9,602.96 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $10,369.32 ↑ +6%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $10,819.22 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $11,213.88 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $11,792.56 ↑ +21%
Multiplan Commercial $12,512.00 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +157%

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $7,710.00 $3,088.96 – $25,111.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,305.60 $2,681.80 – $8,249.47
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,749.00 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,737.50 $4,150.00 – $9,660.07
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $7,710.00 $3,774.52 – $25,111.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $7,710.00 $3,916.36 – $16,667.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $7,900.00 $4,932.88 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $10,014.40 $315.16 – $4,984.14

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