Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,365.00

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.

$6,730.00

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.

$2,651.62 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,651.62 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,499.60 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,630.84 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $3,768.80 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $4,098.57 ↑ +22%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $4,172.60 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $4,186.06 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,798.49 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $5,188.83 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $5,384.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $5,464.76 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +277%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +337%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,736.65 ↑ +368%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,736.65 ↑ +368%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,279.30 ↑ +384%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,837.50 ↑ +519%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +545%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +646%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,365.00 $2,651.62 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $26,644.80 $392.22 – $8,099.52
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $7,490.00 $5,902.12 – $25,111.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $6,220.00 $4,901.36 – $25,111.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $6,140.00 $4,555.88 – $20,837.50
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $4,365.00 $3,439.62 – $25,111.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $5,021.02 – $16,279.30
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $10,411.22 – $13,598.21

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