Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead 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

$4,150.00

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.

$8,300.00

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.

$3,270.20 with Advocate Employee vs $47,462.00 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 $3,270.20 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial $4,150.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $4,316.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $4,477.85 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,054.70 ↑ +22%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,146.00 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $5,162.60 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $5,917.90 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $6,399.30 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $6,640.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $6,739.60 ↑ +62%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $12,509.22 ↑ +201%
Molina Medicare Advantage $12,509.22 ↑ +201%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $12,940.57 ↑ +212%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $16,563.93 ↑ +299%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $24,003.00 ↑ +478%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $27,813.00 ↑ +570%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $41,007.00 ↑ +888%
United Healthcare HMO $47,462.00 ↑ +1044%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $4,548.00 $2,425.60 – $12,940.57
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $8,305.00 $6,544.34 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $8,770.00 $6,910.76 – $24,503.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $14,592.40 $281.24 – $8,044.06
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $10,945.00 $8,624.66 – $47,462.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $4,315.00 $3,400.22 – $47,462.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $4,505.00 $3,342.71 – $19,537.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $6,895.00 $5,433.26 – $47,462.00

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