CT colonography screening at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
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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.
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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.
$365.36 with Ambetter vs $483.79 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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $365.36 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $365.36 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $377.96 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $483.79 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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CT colonography screening at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $450.00 | $354.60 – $941.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,289.60 | $104.76 – $249.70 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $275.22 | $251.97 – $1,486.98 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $104.75 – $377.96 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $241.72 – $283.69 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $250.32 – $414.22 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $365.36 – $483.79 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | not published | $250.32 – $414.22 |