System cardiomems hosp electronics at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$38,108.50
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.
$76,217.00
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.
$17,301.26 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $60,973.60 with Multiplan — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $17,301.26 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $18,673.17 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $18,749.38 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $19,740.20 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $22,407.80 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $26,599.73 | ↓ -30% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $30,029.50 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $30,791.67 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $38,108.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $39,632.84 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $40,372.14 | ↑ +6% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $41,157.18 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $45,425.33 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $52,589.73 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $60,973.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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System cardiomems hosp electronics at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $163,337.27 | not published |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $33,799.75 | $23,592.23 – $54,079.60 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $52,875.00 | $28,200.00 – $76,668.75 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $52,875.00 | $39,656.25 – $41,418.75 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $35,343.75 | $17,813.25 – $56,550.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $38,156.25 | $16,330.88 – $61,050.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $42,417.25 | $28,334.72 – $67,867.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $55,040.00 | $18,644.80 – $36,257.60 |