Ins/rpl pm w/tv ld atrl 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

$10,685.00

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.

$21,370.00

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.

$8,419.78 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 $8,419.78 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial $10,685.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $11,112.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $11,529.12 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $13,014.33 ↑ +22%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $13,249.40 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $13,292.14 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $15,236.81 ↑ +43%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +48%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +48%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,363.90 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $16,476.27 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $17,096.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $17,352.44 ↑ +62%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,945.80 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $24,003.00 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $27,813.00 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $41,007.00 ↑ +284%
United Healthcare HMO $47,462.00 ↑ +344%

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Ins/rpl pm w/tv ld atrl at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,181.40 $7,030.08 – $20,211.48
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,345.00 $4,211.86 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,270.00 $9,668.76 – $24,503.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $20,753.68 $394.29 – $11,440.47
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $15,154.70 $11,200.55 – $11,760.58
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $16,665.00 $13,132.02 – $47,462.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $6,140.00 $4,838.32 – $47,462.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $5,560.00 $4,125.52 – $20,945.80

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