X-ray abdomen 1 view at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$255.00
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.
$510.00
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.
$98.18 with Cigna vs $634.00 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial | $98.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $98.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $137.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $148.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $160.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $169.24 | ↓ -34% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $176.23 | ↓ -31% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $200.94 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $220.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $275.15 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $293.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $316.20 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $394.23 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $401.88 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $408.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $549.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $634.00 | ↑ +149% |
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X-ray abdomen 1 view at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $154.80 | $54.71 – $165.45 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $154.80 | $99.57 – $121.26 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $112.50 | $91.30 – $151.08 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $140.00 | $98.18 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $240.00 | $91.65 – $384.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $180.50 | $8.04 – $99.50 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $112.50 | $91.30 – $151.08 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $368.50 | $93.26 – $97.92 |