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Ehrlicha chaffeensis amp prb 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

$112.50

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.

$225.00

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.

$35.09 with United Healthcare Charter vs $186.53 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.

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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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $35.09 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare HMO $35.09 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $35.09 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $35.09 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Advantage $50.88 ↓ -55%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $50.88 ↓ -55%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $52.64 ↓ -53%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $67.37 ↓ -40%
Advocate Employee Commercial $88.65 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $121.39 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $139.50 ↑ +24%
Cigna One Health Commercial $159.23 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial $159.23 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $163.80 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $173.93 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $177.30 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $177.30 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $180.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $186.53 ↑ +66%

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Ehrlicha chaffeensis amp prb at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $112.50 $35.09 – $180.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $112.50 $35.09 – $180.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $70.40 $3.50 – $56.14
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $47.23 – $47.23
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $35.09 – $127.91

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