Assay of silica at Advocate Trinity Hospital
2320 East 93rd Street, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1558479212
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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.
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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.
$25.21 with United Healthcare Charter vs $114.59 with Cigna — 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 | $25.21 | — |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $25.21 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $25.21 | — |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $25.21 | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $36.55 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $36.55 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $37.82 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $41.31 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $44.67 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | $45.99 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $47.01 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $48.40 | — |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $114.59 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | $114.59 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of silica at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $25.21 – $114.59 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | not published | $16.50 – $104.88 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $64.00 | $3.50 – $40.34 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $199.10 | $25.21 – $26.47 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $199.10 | $25.21 – $26.47 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $9.87 – $9.87 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $25.21 – $28.99 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $24.68 – $40.84 |