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PSA (Prostate) Test 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

$107.50

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.

$215.00

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.

$18.39 with United Healthcare vs $172.00 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 HMO $18.39 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $18.39 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $18.39 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $18.39 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $26.67 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $26.67 ↓ -75%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $27.59 ↓ -74%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35.31 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $83.33 ↓ -22%
Cigna One Health Commercial $83.33 ↓ -22%
Advocate Employee Commercial $84.71 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $86.74 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $93.80 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $98.72 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $99.69 ↓ -7%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $133.30 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $151.58 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $154.37 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $172.00 ↑ +60%

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PSA (Prostate) Test at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $107.50 $18.39 – $172.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $84.60 $9.81 – $103.96
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $125.40 $21.15 – $50.29
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $107.50 $18.39 – $172.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $107.50 $18.39 – $172.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $107.50 $18.39 – $172.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $64.28 $3.50 – $35.43
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $107.50 $18.39 – $172.00

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