Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$3,160.00
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.
$6,320.00
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.
$220.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $10,819.22 with HSTechnology — 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 | $220.00 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $293.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $307.96 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $307.96 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $549.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $634.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,631.47 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,764.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,856.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,972.39 | ↓ -38% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $2,490.08 | ↓ -21% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $3,918.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $4,885.36 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $4,980.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $5,056.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $8,170.76 | ↑ +159% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $8,170.76 | ↑ +159% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $8,452.51 | ↑ +167% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $10,819.22 | ↑ +242% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $3,780.00 | $174.80 – $8,452.51 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,160.00 | $220.00 – $10,819.22 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,160.00 | $195.00 – $10,819.22 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,248.56 | $48.10 – $4,205.42 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $7,183.55 | $5,963.01 – $6,261.16 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,160.00 | $220.00 – $10,819.22 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $3,160.00 | $220.00 – $10,819.22 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $3,160.00 | $174.00 – $10,819.22 |