Administration chemotherapy subcutaneous/im anti neoplastic hormonal 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

$220.00

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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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$440.00

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.

$105.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,090.00 with United Healthcare — 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
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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 $105.00 ↓ -52%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $107.57 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicare Advantage $107.57 ↓ -51%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $111.28 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $113.46 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $119.43 ↓ -46%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $142.44 ↓ -35%
Advocate Employee Commercial $173.36 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $228.80 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $251.68 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $254.63 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $256.52 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $290.40 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $356.40 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $396.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $863.00 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $955.00 ↑ +334%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $980.00 ↑ +345%
United Healthcare HMO $1,090.00 ↑ +395%

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Administration chemotherapy subcutaneous/im anti neoplastic hormonal at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $128.40 $50.82 – $818.33
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $128.40 $77.19 – $100.58
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $62.50 $75.54 – $124.99
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $220.00 $107.57 – $1,435.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $220.00 $107.57 – $1,299.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $220.00 $107.57 – $1,435.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $146.31 $32.13 – $83.02
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $62.50 not published

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