Chemotherapy injection 96542 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

$470.00

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.

$940.00

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.

$370.36 with Advocate Employee vs $1,740.00 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 $370.36 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $488.80 ↑ +4%
Molina Medicare Advantage $501.35 ↑ +7%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $501.35 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $507.13 ↑ +8%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $518.64 ↑ +10%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $582.80 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $620.40 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $662.70 ↑ +41%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $663.86 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $674.92 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $752.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $813.66 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $879.91 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $881.00 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $926.08 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,021.00 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,505.00 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare HMO $1,740.00 ↑ +270%

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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $470.00 $370.36 – $1,740.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $112.86 $325.05 – $560.13
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $303.60 $50.82 – $1,916.19
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $204.60 $137.63 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $470.00 $370.36 – $1,740.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $470.00 $370.36 – $1,740.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $444.49 $37.70 – $258.04
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $470.00 $370.36 – $1,740.00

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