Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$875.00
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.
$1,750.00
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.
$689.50 with Advocate Employee vs $6,071.00 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.
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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $689.50 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $910.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $912.79 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $944.13 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $980.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $987.10 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,038.90 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,065.75 | ↑ +22% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,085.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,088.50 | ↑ +24% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $1,194.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,194.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $1,235.36 | ↑ +41% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,400.00 | ↑ +60% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,581.26 | ↑ +81% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,070.00 | ↑ +251% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,558.00 | ↑ +307% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,246.00 | ↑ +500% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,071.00 | ↑ +594% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,099.20 | $548.03 – $1,685.44 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,375.00 | $891.77 – $6,071.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,195.00 | $562.59 – $4,681.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,910.79 | $107.60 – $1,053.32 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $2,319.35 | $840.06 – $882.07 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $900.00 | $709.20 – $6,071.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $890.00 | $701.32 – $6,071.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $1,395.00 | $429.76 – $4,256.00 |