Ultrasound pregnant uterus limited >= 1 fetuses 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

$475.00

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.

$950.00

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.

$160.73 with Ambetter vs $773.30 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 $160.73 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -66%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $166.28 ↓ -65%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $212.83 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $214.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial $227.64 ↓ -52%
Cigna One Health Commercial $227.64 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $246.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $276.62 ↓ -42%
Advocate Employee Commercial $374.30 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $444.00 ↓ -7%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $513.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $515.52 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare HMO $537.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $557.22 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $586.70 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $760.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $760.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $773.30 ↑ +63%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus limited >= 1 fetuses at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $367.50 $160.73 – $588.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $372.90 $56.26 – $468.83
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $322.20 $98.35 – $437.66
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $322.20 $120.46 – $252.39
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $275.00 $81.83 – $181.49
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $500.00 $160.73 – $800.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $505.00 $160.73 – $867.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $362.50 $160.73 – $580.00

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