Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$614.15
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.
$1,228.30
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.
$410.25 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $982.64 with Multiplan — 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 | $410.25 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $428.68 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $436.05 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $444.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $444.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $467.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $483.95 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $496.23 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $614.15 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $638.72 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $650.63 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $732.07 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $761.55 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $847.53 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $982.64 | ↑ +60% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,396.43 | $703.80 – $2,234.28 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $695.40 | not published |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,898.33 | $861.84 – $3,037.32 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,898.33 | $723.65 – $1,658.80 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $1,397.83 | $880.63 – $2,516.09 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $695.40 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | not published |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | not published |