Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$2,505.00

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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.

$5,010.00

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.

$1,858.71 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $4,509.00 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,858.71 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,973.94 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,009.01 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,114.22 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,449.01 ↓ -2%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,449.01 ↓ -2%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $2,533.46 ↑ +1%
Cigna One Health Commercial $2,605.20 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,865.72 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $2,899.29 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,920.83 ↑ +17%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,242.82 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial $3,306.60 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,371.00 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,728.00 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,830.00 ↑ +53%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $4,058.10 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare HMO $4,256.00 ↑ +70%
Multiplan Commercial $4,509.00 ↑ +80%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,409.60 $724.46 – $3,343.15
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,956.60 $632.00 – $1,776.46
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $600.00 $1,728.00 – $2,867.21
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,650.00 $1,300.20 – $6,181.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $2,195.00 $1,729.66 – $4,636.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,205.00 $1,737.54 – $6,181.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,201.12 $173.99 – $1,764.61
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $600.00 $1,728.00 – $2,867.21

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