Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$140.00
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.
$280.00
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.
$93.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $224.00 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 | $93.52 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $97.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $99.40 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $101.36 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $101.36 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $106.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $110.32 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $113.12 | ↓ -19% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $115.67 | ↓ -17% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $115.67 | ↓ -17% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $119.66 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $140.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $145.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $148.32 | ↑ +6% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $153.16 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $166.88 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $173.60 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $193.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $224.00 | ↑ +60% |
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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $135.88 | $55.54 – $127.63 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $82.50 | $57.59 – $153.16 |
| HSHS St. John's Hospital | IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. | $159.12 | $64.48 – $2,925.13 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $83.15 – $124.73 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $79.77 – $8,775.95 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $115.67 – $153.16 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $115.67 – $153.16 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $115.67 – $153.16 |