Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr 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

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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

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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.

$17.72 with United Healthcare Nexus vs $155.13 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 Nexus Commercial $17.72
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $17.72
Cigna Commercial $20.84
Cigna One Health Commercial $20.84
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $36.30
United Healthcare HMO $36.30
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $136.30
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $147.40
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $155.13

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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $44.98 $17.72 – $148.30
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $314.67 $22.02 – $80.52
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $257.49 $126.38 – $343.60
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $257.49 $44.90 – $185.62
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $518.82 $21.69 – $21.69
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $47.30 $20.84 – $90.83
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $44.72 $17.72 – $147.40
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $137.95 $1.62 – $43.12

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