Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$1,140.00
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.
$2,280.00
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.
$236.49 with Ambetter vs $4,116.00 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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $236.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $236.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $244.65 | ↓ -79% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $313.15 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $460.04 | ↓ -60% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $488.56 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $497.24 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $523.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $607.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $618.76 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $644.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $694.40 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $717.59 | ↓ -37% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,004.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,116.00 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,260.00 | ↑ +186% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $3,606.00 | ↑ +216% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,705.00 | ↑ +225% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $4,116.00 | ↑ +261% |
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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,439.00 | $25.59 – $895.82 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $620.00 | $189.12 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $620.00 | $236.49 – $4,528.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $620.00 | $165.48 – $6,291.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $7,296.69 | $121.72 – $4,806.69 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $3,787.85 | $137.89 – $144.78 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $620.00 | $165.48 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $620.00 | $159.57 – $6,291.00 |