Bln press regulation 71-80cm at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$30,815.46
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.
$61,630.92
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.
$20,584.73 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $49,304.74 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $20,584.73 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $21,509.19 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $21,878.98 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $22,310.39 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $22,310.39 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $23,481.38 | ↓ -24% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $24,282.58 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $24,898.89 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $30,815.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $32,048.08 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $32,645.90 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $36,732.03 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $38,211.17 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $42,525.33 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $49,304.74 | ↑ +60% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Bln press regulation 71-80cm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $26,224.44 | $13,217.12 – $41,959.10 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $29,086.96 | $12,449.22 – $46,539.13 |
| HSHS St. John's Hospital | IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. | $14,220.00 | $6,258.00 – $10,500.00 |
| HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital | Mattoon | $14,220.00 | $10,500.00 – $10,500.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | not published | not published |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | not published | not published |