Aminolevulinic acid delta at Advocate Trinity Hospital

2320 East 93rd Street, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1558479212

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$117.50

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.

$235.00

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.

$16.45 with United Healthcare Nexus vs $188.00 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.

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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 Nexus Commercial $16.45 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $16.45 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $16.45 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO $16.45 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Advantage $23.85 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $23.85 ↓ -80%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $24.68 ↓ -79%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $31.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $70.21 ↓ -40%
Cigna One Health Commercial $74.41 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $74.41 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $75.93 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial $78.66 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $79.91 ↓ -32%
Advocate Employee Commercial $92.59 ↓ -21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $145.70 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $165.68 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $168.73 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $188.00 ↑ +60%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $117.50 $16.45 – $188.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $29.37 $12.34 – $68.11
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $264.60 $9.81 – $405.72
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $264.60 $18.92 – $207.27
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $25.00 $16.10 – $26.65
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $117.50 $16.45 – $188.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $117.50 $16.45 – $188.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $117.50 $16.45 – $188.00

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