Infect ag na influenza r/amp 1st 2 types 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

$227.50

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.

$455.00

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.

$95.80 with United Healthcare Charter vs $436.02 with Cigna — 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 $95.80 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $95.80 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $95.80 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare HMO $95.80 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $138.91 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicare Advantage $138.91 ↓ -39%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $143.70 ↓ -37%
Advocate Employee Commercial $179.27 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $183.94 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial $245.47 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $282.10 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $331.24 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $351.72 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $358.54 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $358.54 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $364.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $377.20 ↑ +66%
Cigna One Health Commercial $436.02 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial $436.02 ↑ +92%

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Infect ag na influenza r/amp 1st 2 types at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $295.20 $33.60 – $96.60
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $295.20 $37.80 – $39.48
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $37.50 $93.79 – $155.20
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $227.50 $95.80 – $436.02
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $227.50 $95.80 – $436.02
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $206.40 $3.50 – $153.28
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $37.50 $91.93 – $155.20
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $227.50 $95.80 – $436.02

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