System pacing micra av at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1912014564
$25,671.00
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.
$51,342.00
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.
$2,442.54 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $8,608.08 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 | $2,442.54 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $2,636.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $2,646.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $2,786.87 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $3,163.47 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,755.27 | ↓ -85% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $4,239.48 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $4,347.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $5,380.05 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $5,595.25 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $5,699.62 | ↓ -78% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $5,810.45 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $6,413.02 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $7,424.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $8,608.08 | ↓ -66% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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System pacing micra av at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $18,624.38 | $4,368.56 – $4,368.56 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $25,312.80 | $2,979.84 – $8,101.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $25,312.80 | $4,190.40 – $4,376.64 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $6,130.92 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $24,316.50 | $2,198.39 – $6,979.02 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $26,251.50 | $2,263.73 – $8,462.56 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $27,067.30 | $3,423.84 – $8,200.82 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $22,814.76 | $7,728.50 – $15,029.22 |