Liver imaging 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.
$537.67 with Aetna vs $1,090.61 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.
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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| Aetna | Commercial | $537.67 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $813.60 | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $813.60 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $841.66 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $958.22 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,036.23 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,077.32 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,090.61 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Liver imaging at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $769.89 | $174.65 – $1,455.44 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $537.67 – $1,097.70 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,260.00 | $537.67 – $3,966.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $417.60 | $18.66 – $418.75 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,963.50 | $581.86 – $610.95 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,260.00 | $537.67 – $3,966.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $1,260.00 | $451.14 – $2,694.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $1,260.00 | $537.67 – $3,966.00 |