Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody 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

$372.50

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.

$745.00

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.

$18.40 with United Healthcare Charter vs $484.97 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $18.40 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $18.40 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $18.40 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO $18.40 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $26.68 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $26.68 ↓ -93%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $27.60 ↓ -93%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35.33 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial $83.33 ↓ -78%
Cigna One Health Commercial $83.33 ↓ -78%
Advocate Employee Commercial $230.49 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial $315.61 ↓ -15%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $362.70 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $425.88 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $452.21 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $460.98 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $460.98 ↑ +24%
Multiplan Commercial $468.00 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $484.97 ↑ +30%

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Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $96.60 $9.15 – $148.12
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $520.20 $18.40 – $407.49
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $181.25 $18.01 – $29.81
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $372.50 $18.40 – $468.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $372.50 $18.40 – $468.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $48.57 $3.50 – $36.54
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $181.25 $18.01 – $29.81
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $467.50 $18.40 – $19.32

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