Cath steerable flex adv 12f at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$2,522.00
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.
$5,044.00
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.
$619.01 with United Healthcare Charter vs $1,470.37 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 | $619.01 | ↓ -75% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $698.83 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $716.56 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $922.31 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $956.89 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $1,057.11 | ↓ -58% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,099.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,170.62 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,223.83 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,291.23 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,371.05 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,397.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,397.65 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,418.94 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,470.37 | ↓ -42% |
| 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 steerable flex adv 12f at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,925.00 | $2.56 – $7.36 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $2,925.00 | $3.60 – $3.76 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,515.50 | $550.90 – $1,262.80 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,029.00 | $1,968.94 – $3,997.84 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $3,180.37 | $1,077.35 – $2,095.07 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,451.50 | $1,757.22 – $4,098.49 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $3,451.50 | $423.77 – $971.38 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $2,541.50 | $1,013.40 – $2,980.59 |