Discography cerv/thor spine 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

$2,565.00

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.

$5,130.00

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.

$220.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $4,104.00 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.

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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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $220.00 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $293.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial $345.20 ↓ -87%
Cigna One Health Commercial $345.20 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $549.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare HMO $634.00 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,057.35 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,143.43 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,203.43 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial $1,270.80 ↓ -50%
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,021.22 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,951.63 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,951.63 ↑ +15%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $3,053.41 ↑ +19%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $3,180.60 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,616.65 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,683.34 ↑ +44%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,908.36 ↑ +52%
Multiplan Commercial $4,104.00 ↑ +60%

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Discography cerv/thor spine at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,565.00 $220.00 – $4,104.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $1,043.79 $85.31 – $3,947.38
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,169.60 $548.03 – $3,326.72
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,565.00 $220.00 – $4,104.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,565.00 $220.00 – $4,104.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $375.20 $51.70 – $1,519.18
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $4,674.45 not published
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,565.00 $220.00 – $4,104.00

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