Core ndl bx lng/med perq at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$2,465.00
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.
$4,930.00
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.
$1,623.28 with Advocate Employee vs $6,181.00 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.
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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $1,623.28 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $2,142.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,222.74 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,307.20 | ↓ -6% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $2,449.01 | ↓ -1% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $2,449.01 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $2,509.08 | ↑ +2% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $2,533.46 | ↑ +3% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $2,554.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $2,562.64 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $2,937.56 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,126.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $3,176.52 | ↑ +29% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $3,242.82 | ↑ +32% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $3,296.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $3,345.44 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,622.00 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,340.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,181.00 | ↑ +151% |
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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,925.00 | $993.87 – $3,343.15 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $600.00 | $1,732.71 – $2,867.21 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,415.00 | $1,583.88 – $6,181.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,140.00 | $1,686.32 – $4,636.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $3,033.57 | $136.53 – $1,672.25 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $600.00 | $1,732.71 – $2,867.21 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,549.90 | $1,769.88 – $1,858.38 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,080.00 | $1,635.10 – $6,181.00 |