Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$1,643.50
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.
$3,287.00
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.
$845.28 with United Healthcare Charter vs $2,007.84 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $845.28 | ↓ -49% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $954.27 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $978.49 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $1,259.44 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,306.67 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $1,443.51 | ↓ -12% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,501.64 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,598.52 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,671.18 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,763.22 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,872.21 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,908.54 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,908.54 | ↑ +16% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,937.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $2,007.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $5,737.80 | $530.24 – $1,524.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $5,737.80 | $745.65 – $778.79 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $7,163.00 | $945.44 – $2,167.20 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,138.75 | $1,685.34 – $3,422.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,399.13 | $812.70 – $1,580.43 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,885.44 | not published |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,517.50 | $1,343.56 – $3,133.70 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $5,510.00 | $707.46 – $1,621.68 |