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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy two day img 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

$2,465.00

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.

$4,930.00

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.

$1,708.48 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.

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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
Aetna Commercial $1,708.48 ↓ -31%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,942.42 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,973.24 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $1,973.24 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $2,006.00 ↓ -19%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $2,041.29 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,324.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna One Health Commercial $2,563.60 ↑ +4%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $2,612.85 ↑ +6%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $3,056.60 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $3,110.09 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $3,253.80 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $3,363.30 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,426.00 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $3,539.77 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,810.89 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,884.84 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $3,944.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare HMO $3,966.00 ↑ +61%

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy two day img at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,378.20 $735.04 – $2,113.24
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,378.20 $562.98 – $1,555.87
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,465.00 $1,708.48 – $3,966.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $2,465.00 $1,708.48 – $3,944.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,100.55 $43.01 – $1,709.17

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