X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1578670543
$272.50
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.
$545.00
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.
$119.90 with Aetna 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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| Aetna | Commercial | $119.90 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $130.91 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $130.91 | ↓ -52% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -51% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $137.68 | ↓ -49% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $176.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $206.51 | ↓ -24% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $214.73 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $220.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $223.33 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $235.04 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $293.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $337.90 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $421.29 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $429.46 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $436.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $549.00 | ↑ +101% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $634.00 | ↑ +133% |
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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $223.20 | $54.71 – $303.18 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $223.20 | $54.81 – $174.84 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $187.50 | $34.50 – $151.08 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $140.00 | $110.32 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $275.00 | $119.90 – $440.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $333.83 | $9.92 – $184.02 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $187.50 | $34.50 – $151.08 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $553.30 | $93.26 – $97.92 |