Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session 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

$235.00

Cash price

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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.

$470.00

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.

$164.03 with United Healthcare Charter vs $397.69 with HSTechnology — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $164.03 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $185.18 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $185.87 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $189.88 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $201.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $211.54 ↓ -10%
Cigna One Health Commercial $244.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $253.57 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $280.12 ↑ +19%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $291.40 ↑ +24%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $300.34 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicare Advantage $300.34 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial $310.20 ↑ +32%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $310.69 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare HMO $324.30 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $363.31 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $370.36 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $376.00 ↑ +60%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $397.69 ↑ +69%

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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $223.20 $68.61 – $310.69
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $70.80 $1,043.76 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $105.00 $210.49 – $348.31
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $235.00 $164.03 – $397.69
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $235.00 $114.55 – $397.69
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $374.60 $75.57 – $331.41
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $105.00 $210.49 – $348.31
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $268.95 $215.00 – $225.75

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