Intra-atrial recording at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$7,985.00
Cash price 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.
$15,970.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,049.09 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $15,187.18 with HSTechnology — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,049.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,134.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,194.03 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,126.00 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,622.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,340.00 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,181.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $6,292.18 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $7,985.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $8,304.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $8,615.82 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $9,725.73 | ↑ +22% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $9,901.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $9,933.34 | ↑ +24% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $11,469.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $11,469.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $11,864.98 | ↑ +49% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $12,776.00 | ↑ +60% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $15,187.18 | ↑ +90% |
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Intra-atrial recording at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,151.40 | $2,214.08 – $11,864.98 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $5,960.00 | $1,024.94 – $15,187.18 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $6,155.00 | $646.60 – $15,187.18 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,972.50 | $45.51 – $5,903.25 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $5,370.00 | $1,055.99 – $15,187.18 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $2,785.00 | $1,039.60 – $15,187.18 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $3,285.00 | $493.92 – $15,187.18 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $5,305.00 | $1,053.41 – $15,187.18 |