Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging 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

$1,705.00

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.

$3,410.00

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.

$607.37 with Ambetter vs $3,966.00 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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $607.37 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicare Advantage $607.37 ↓ -64%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $628.31 ↓ -63%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $804.24 ↓ -53%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,343.54 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,773.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,839.70 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $2,006.00 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,065.13 ↑ +21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $2,114.20 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,233.26 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $2,250.60 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,324.00 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,350.45 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,404.05 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,448.38 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $2,728.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,426.00 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare HMO $3,966.00 ↑ +133%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,705.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $314.49 $167.31 – $1,394.22
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,317.60 $418.88 – $2,020.32
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,317.60 $451.92 – $1,032.12
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,705.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,705.00 $607.37 – $2,728.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,705.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,158.24 $31.20 – $1,189.73

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