Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector 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

$15.91

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.

$31.81

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.

$8.39 with Ambetter vs $26.85 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8.39 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8.39 ↓ -47%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $8.68 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $9.82 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $9.82 ↓ -38%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $11.11 ↓ -30%
Cigna One Health Commercial $11.92 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial $11.92 ↓ -25%
Advocate Employee Commercial $12.53 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $17.16 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $17.18 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $20.11 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare HMO $20.11 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $23.63 ↑ +49%
Multiplan Commercial $25.45 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $25.45 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $25.58 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $25.89 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $26.85 ↑ +69%

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $9,007.25 not published
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $1,762.57 $7.37 – $11.94
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $4,733.60 $6.04 – $1,407.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $4,733.60 $4.99 – $760.15
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $904.24 $5.59 – $9.25
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $904.24 $5.59 – $9.25
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $904.24 $5.71 – $9.25
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $904.24 $5.71 – $9.25

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