Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$279.11
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.
$558.21
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.
$136.52 with Molina vs $334.64 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.
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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| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $136.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $136.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $141.23 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $150.71 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $150.71 | ↓ -46% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $164.81 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $177.60 | ↓ -36% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $180.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $182.94 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $182.94 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $192.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $202.13 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $225.67 | ↓ -19% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $259.35 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $308.73 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $308.73 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $323.35 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $329.62 | ↑ +18% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $334.64 | ↑ +20% |
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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $15,616.81 | $98.14 – $923.83 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $15,616.81 | $71.78 – $499.08 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $35,377.45 | $92.46 – $153.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $56,853.12 | not published |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $6,499.79 | $92.46 – $153.00 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $6,499.79 | $94.45 – $153.00 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks | Glendale Heights | $6,499.79 | $94.45 – $153.00 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $56,853.12 | not published |