Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system 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

$15,150.00

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.

$30,300.00

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.

$11,938.20 with Advocate Employee vs $47,462.00 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 $11,938.20 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $15,756.00 ↑ +4%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $16,346.85 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $16,362.00 ↑ +8%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,363.90 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $18,180.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $18,240.60 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $18,604.20 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $20,088.90 ↑ +33%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,945.80 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $21,725.10 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $22,846.20 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $24,003.00 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $24,240.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $27,813.00 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $41,007.00 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare HMO $47,462.00 ↑ +213%

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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $9,285.00 $7,316.58 – $47,462.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $4,591.95 $12,190.00 – $12,190.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $12,702.00 $1,196.92 – $16,363.90
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $780.60 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $5,750.00 $4,150.00 – $18,144.90
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $7,065.00 $5,567.22 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,270.00 $9,668.76 – $24,503.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $13,520.00 $10,653.76 – $47,462.00

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