Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$477.50
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.
$955.00
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.
$214.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $764.00 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.
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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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $214.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $246.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $258.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $376.27 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $444.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $496.60 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $537.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $592.10 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $594.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $630.30 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $643.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $676.93 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $738.22 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $752.54 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $764.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $305.40 | $98.35 – $315.41 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $305.40 | $174.15 – $181.89 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $62.50 | $127.67 – $127.67 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $1,598.10 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $385.00 | $235.00 – $867.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $267.84 | $35.59 – $165.70 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $62.50 | $127.67 – $127.67 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $617.65 | not published |