Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$60.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$18.68 with United Healthcare Charter vs $118.29 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $18.68 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $18.68 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $18.68 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare HMO $18.68 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Advantage $27.09 ↓ -55%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $27.09 ↓ -55%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $28.02 ↓ -53%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35.87 ↓ -40%
Advocate Employee Commercial $47.28 ↓ -21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $64.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $84.82 ↑ +41%
Cigna One Health Commercial $84.82 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $96.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $96.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $97.68 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial $101.28 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $103.94 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $112.35 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $118.29 ↑ +97%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $60.00 $18.68 – $111.67
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $44.55 $14.01 – $77.64
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $160.20 $9.81 – $169.28
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $160.20 $21.48 – $50.76
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $40.00 $18.29 – $30.26
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $60.00 $18.68 – $109.04
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $60.00 $18.68 – $101.28
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $60.00 $18.68 – $111.67

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