Prq trluml c angiop 1art&/br 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

$9,465.00

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.

$18,930.00

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.

$7,336.28 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $7,336.28 ↓ -22%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8,617.90 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8,617.90 ↓ -9%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $8,915.07 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial $9,310.00 ↓ -2%
Cigna One Health Commercial $9,682.40 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial $10,045.49 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $11,339.58 ↑ +20%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $11,411.29 ↑ +21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $11,544.40 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $11,581.64 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $13,276.06 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $14,356.02 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Commercial $14,896.00 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $15,119.44 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +165%

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Prq trluml c angiop 1art&/br at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $6,413.40 $3,420.48 – $9,833.88
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,000.00 $5,474.00 – $9,880.68
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,060.00 $3,987.28 – $25,111.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $8,575.00 $6,757.10 – $16,667.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $8,751.37 $452.43 – $4,824.19
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,000.00 $5,474.00 – $9,880.68
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $11,829.95 $6,099.19 – $6,404.14
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $9,465.00 $7,336.28 – $25,111.00

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