Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni 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

$3,630.00

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.

$7,260.00

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.

$2,860.44 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,860.44 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,775.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,916.77 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $4,065.60 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $4,421.34 ↑ +22%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $4,501.20 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $4,515.72 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $5,176.38 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $5,597.46 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $5,808.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $5,895.12 ↑ +62%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↑ +125%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↑ +125%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $8,452.51 ↑ +133%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $10,819.22 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +250%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +305%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +498%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +592%

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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $5,509.80 $2,831.68 – $8,452.51
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $3,236.40 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,737.50 $3,217.00 – $9,660.07
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,060.00 $3,987.28 – $25,111.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $3,555.00 $2,801.34 – $16,667.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $5,395.20 $313.67 – $4,205.42
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $2,737.50 $3,217.00 – $9,660.07
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $5,510.00 $4,341.88 – $25,111.00

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