Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$3,115.00
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.
$6,230.00
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.
$2,454.62 with Advocate Employee vs $17,439.00 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.
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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $2,454.62 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $3,239.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,361.09 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $3,364.20 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,738.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $3,750.46 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $3,825.22 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $4,130.49 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $4,466.91 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $4,697.42 | ↑ +51% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $4,904.26 | ↑ +57% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $4,904.26 | ↑ +57% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $4,984.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $5,073.37 | ↑ +63% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $6,493.91 | ↑ +108% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $8,821.00 | ↑ +183% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $10,219.00 | ↑ +228% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $15,068.00 | ↑ +384% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $17,439.00 | ↑ +460% |
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $3,390.00 | $2,671.32 – $17,439.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,415.40 | $1,386.44 – $3,437.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $904.20 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,875.00 | $1,728.00 – $5,680.26 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,115.00 | $2,454.62 – $17,439.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $4,625.00 | $3,644.50 – $9,476.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $3,895.00 | $3,069.26 – $17,439.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $8,097.29 | $364.70 – $4,463.63 |