Slp ther svc non-spch gen 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

$172.50

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.

$345.00

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.

$114.96 with Molina vs $469.00 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $114.96 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $114.96 ↓ -33%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $118.92 ↓ -31%
Advocate Employee Commercial $135.93 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $152.22 ↓ -12%
Cigna One Health Commercial $179.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $186.13 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $213.90 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $227.70 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $238.00 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $251.16 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $266.69 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $271.86 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $271.86 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $274.00 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial $276.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $286.01 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $405.00 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare HMO $469.00 ↑ +172%

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Slp ther svc non-spch gen at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $186.40 $69.77 – $164.27
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $172.50 $114.96 – $469.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $172.50 $114.96 – $469.00
OSF Holy Family Medical Center Monmouth $440.00 not published
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $330.00 not published
OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton $330.00 $157.54 – $157.54
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford $330.00 $88.54 – $88.54
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington $330.00 not published

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