Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$3,505.00
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.
$7,010.00
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.
$2,761.94 with Advocate Employee vs $13,268.09 with Cigna — 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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $2,761.94 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $2,919.60 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $2,919.60 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $2,919.60 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $2,919.60 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,781.90 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $4,233.42 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $4,233.42 | ↑ +21% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $4,346.20 | ↑ +24% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $4,379.40 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $5,103.28 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $5,418.73 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $5,523.88 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $5,523.88 | ↑ +58% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $5,605.63 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $5,608.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $5,811.29 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $13,268.09 | ↑ +279% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $13,268.09 | ↑ +279% |
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Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,505.00 | $2,761.94 – $13,268.09 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,505.00 | $2,761.94 – $13,268.09 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,802.82 | $3.50 – $4,671.36 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,505.00 | $2,761.94 – $13,268.09 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $3,505.00 | $2,761.94 – $13,268.09 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $3,505.00 | $2,145.06 – $13,268.09 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $3,505.00 | $2,761.94 – $13,268.09 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $3,505.00 | $2,761.94 – $13,268.09 |