Allergen specific ige qual multi scrn ea 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

$12.50

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.

$25.00

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.

$7.97 with United Healthcare vs $43.23 with Aetna — 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 $7.97 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $7.97 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $7.97 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $7.97 ↓ -36%
Advocate Employee Commercial $9.85 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $11.56 ↓ -8%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $11.56 ↓ -8%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $11.96 ↓ -4%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↑ +22%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $15.50 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $18.20 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $19.33 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $19.70 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $19.70 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $20.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $20.73 ↑ +66%
Cigna One Health Commercial $35.71 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial $35.71 ↑ +186%
Aetna Commercial $43.23 ↑ +246%

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Allergen specific ige qual multi scrn ea at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $7.00 $7.80 – $12.91
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $12.50 $7.97 – $43.23
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12.50 $7.97 – $43.23
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $48.57 $3.50 – $26.77
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $7.00 $7.80 – $12.91
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $22.55 $7.97 – $8.37
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $12.50 $7.97 – $43.23
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $12.50 $7.97 – $43.23

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