Jak2 targeted sequence analysis 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

$417.50

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.

$835.00

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.

$185.20 with United Healthcare Charter vs $842.28 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 $185.20 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $185.20 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $185.20 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare HMO $185.20 ↓ -56%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $268.54 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicare Advantage $268.54 ↓ -36%
Advocate Employee Commercial $269.89 ↓ -35%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $277.80 ↓ -33%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $355.58 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $369.56 ↓ -11%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $424.70 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $498.68 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $529.51 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $539.78 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $539.78 ↑ +29%
Multiplan Commercial $548.00 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $567.87 ↑ +36%
Cigna One Health Commercial $842.28 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial $842.28 ↑ +102%

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Jak2 targeted sequence analysis at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $495.00 $129.92 – $574.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $495.00 $185.20 – $366.13
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $100.00 $181.31 – $300.02
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $417.50 $185.20 – $842.28
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $417.50 $185.20 – $842.28
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $370.40 $3.50 – $296.32
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $100.00 $181.31 – $300.02
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $423.50 $185.20 – $194.46

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