Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$805.00

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.

$1,610.00

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.

$634.34 with Advocate Employee vs $6,071.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Advocate Employee Commercial $634.34 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $837.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $868.60 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $893.55 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $909.65 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $998.20 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,023.96 ↑ +27%
Cigna Commercial $1,062.60 ↑ +32%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $1,063.48 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,063.48 ↑ +32%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $1,100.15 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,107.68 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,165.64 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $1,288.00 ↑ +60%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,408.20 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,070.00 ↑ +281%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,558.00 ↑ +342%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,246.00 ↑ +552%
United Healthcare HMO $6,071.00 ↑ +654%

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $410.00 $323.08 – $6,071.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $733.44 – $1,188.17
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $216.60 $332.12 – $660.37
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $216.60 $1,788.45 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $557.50 $742.91 – $1,229.33
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,120.00 $882.56 – $4,681.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $950.00 $748.60 – $6,071.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $732.68 $43.78 – $547.36

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