Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,075.00

Cash price

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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.

$6,150.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2,423.10 with Advocate Employee vs $17,439.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,423.10 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,198.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,317.93 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $3,444.00 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,745.35 ↑ +22%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $3,813.00 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,825.30 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,384.95 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $4,741.65 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $4,920.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $4,993.80 ↑ +62%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $5,334.21 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,334.21 ↑ +73%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,518.14 ↑ +79%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $7,063.22 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $8,821.00 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10,219.00 ↑ +232%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $15,068.00 ↑ +390%
United Healthcare HMO $17,439.00 ↑ +467%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,196.40 $638.08 – $5,518.14
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,196.40 $638.00 – $3,790.79
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,750.00 $1,728.00 – $6,215.65
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,785.00 $1,406.58 – $17,439.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $5,165.00 $4,070.02 – $9,476.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $7,362.84 $188.13 – $4,058.77
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,750.00 $1,728.00 – $6,215.65
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $5,471.40 $3,836.82 – $4,028.66

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