Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$1,475.00
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.
$2,950.00
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.
$776.19 with Aetna vs $3,966.00 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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| Aetna | Commercial | $776.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $813.60 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $813.60 | ↓ -45% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $841.66 | ↓ -43% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,077.32 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,098.66 | ↓ -26% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $1,162.30 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,188.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,250.44 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $1,534.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,829.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,947.00 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $2,006.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $2,280.35 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $2,324.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $2,324.60 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $2,360.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $3,426.00 | ↑ +132% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $3,966.00 | ↑ +169% |
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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $949.20 | $363.22 – $1,455.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $949.20 | $572.75 – $743.54 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $575.00 | $190.34 – $942.61 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,475.00 | $776.19 – $3,966.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,475.00 | $677.15 – $2,595.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,679.76 | $51.69 – $925.96 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $575.00 | $190.34 – $942.61 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,921.15 | $581.86 – $610.95 |