17-hydroxypregnenolone at Advocate Sherman Hospital

1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$87.50

Cash price

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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.

$175.00

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.

$22.81 with United Healthcare vs $157.50 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
United Healthcare HMO $22.81 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $22.81 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $22.81 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $22.81 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare Advantage $33.07 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $33.07 ↓ -62%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $34.22 ↓ -61%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $43.80 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $52.50 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $56.73 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $59.72 ↓ -32%
Advocate Employee Commercial $68.95 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $100.10 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $102.03 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $104.17 ↑ +19%
Cigna One Health Commercial $104.17 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial $123.70 ↑ +41%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $141.75 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $157.50 ↑ +80%

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17-hydroxypregnenolone at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $18.75 $22.33 – $36.95
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $87.50 $22.81 – $140.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $87.50 $22.81 – $140.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $87.50 $22.81 – $140.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $55.00 $3.50 – $36.50
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $18.75 $22.33 – $36.95
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $44.00 $22.81 – $23.95
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $87.50 $22.81 – $140.00

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