Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at Advocate Trinity Hospital
2320 East 93rd Street, Chicago, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1558479212
$476.79
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.
$953.58
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.
$30.22 with United Healthcare Charter vs $69.26 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.
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 | $30.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $34.11 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $34.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $45.02 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $46.71 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $51.60 | ↓ -89% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $53.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $57.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $58.01 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $59.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $61.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $62.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $62.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $66.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $69.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,035.24 | $34.92 – $81.44 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $642.14 | $31.91 – $73.15 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $627.90 | $35.01 – $71.10 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $640.64 | $52.94 – $121.34 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,035.24 | $34.92 – $80.04 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $496.04 | $26.11 – $76.79 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $437.71 | $73.61 – $205.44 |