Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$1,462.67
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.
$2,925.33
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.
$207.05 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $3,623.26 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.
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 | $207.05 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $223.91 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $235.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $1,152.58 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $1,211.92 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,211.92 | ↓ -17% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $1,253.71 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,578.22 | ↑ +8% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,604.74 | ↑ +10% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $1,768.75 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $1,768.75 | ↑ +21% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,813.70 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $2,261.28 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $2,305.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $2,340.26 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $2,346.12 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,346.12 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $3,623.26 | ↑ +148% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $3,623.26 | ↑ +148% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,056.94 | $762.34 – $2,072.60 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $4,056.94 | $84.51 – $1,119.68 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $305.08 | $2,165.38 – $2,165.38 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,321.02 | $202.28 – $3,623.26 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,540.22 | $127.62 – $2,840.72 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,537.60 | $0.01 – $4,465.07 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $305.08 | $2,165.38 – $2,165.38 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,524.75 | $205.18 – $3,623.26 |