Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery 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

$355.00

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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.

$710.00

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.

$96.69 with Cigna vs $568.00 with Multiplan — 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
Cigna Commercial $96.69 ↓ -73%
Cigna One Health Commercial $96.69 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -55%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -55%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $166.28 ↓ -53%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $212.83 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $214.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $246.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $263.51 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $279.74 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $322.17 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $348.40 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $366.68 ↑ +3%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $440.20 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $444.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO $537.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $548.83 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $559.48 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $568.00 ↑ +60%

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Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $272.40 $50.60 – $98.35
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $272.40 $266.36 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $162.50 $34.50 – $181.49
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $355.00 $96.69 – $867.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $286.28 $18.16 – $157.81
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $162.50 $34.50 – $181.49
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $333.30 $112.03 – $117.63
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $355.00 $96.69 – $568.00

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