Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection 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

$64.50

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.

$129.00

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.

$4.04 with Cigna vs $42.71 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
Cigna Commercial $4.04 ↓ -94%
Cigna One Health Commercial $4.04 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $4.17 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $4.17 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO $4.56 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $4.56 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $14.52 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $15.66 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $16.51 ↓ -74%
Advocate Employee Commercial $18.70 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $27.14 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $27.46 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $27.66 ↓ -57%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $38.43 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Commercial $42.71 ↓ -34%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ambetter Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $87.97 $18.77 – $51.03
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $87.97 $5.38 – $27.57
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $49.89 $3.92 – $3.92
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $64.48 $3.20 – $49.70
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $185.85 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $64.50 $4.04 – $53.24
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $64.50 $3.20 – $51.70
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $74.79 $0.14 – $7.28

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