Application of paste boot 29580 at Advocate Trinity Hospital
2320 East 93rd Street, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1558479212
$200.00
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.
$400.00
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.
$84.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $366.68 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.
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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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $84.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $98.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $122.14 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $144.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $161.20 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $166.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $167.25 | ↓ -16% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $192.20 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $204.60 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $218.55 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $222.58 | ↑ +11% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $238.50 | ↑ +19% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $238.50 | ↑ +19% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $246.73 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $248.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $315.81 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $322.17 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $348.40 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $366.68 | ↑ +83% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $210.00 | $84.00 – $350.52 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $144.54 | $128.70 – $266.46 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $205.80 | $109.76 – $2,143.62 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $99.60 | $527.06 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $87.50 | $170.48 – $282.10 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $320.00 | $84.00 – $512.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $360.00 | $116.00 – $472.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $654.08 | $23.70 – $180.28 |