Bfb train 1st 15min cntct 90912 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

$210.00

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.

$420.00

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.

$116.35 with Ambetter vs $378.00 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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $116.35 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare Advantage $116.35 ↓ -45%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $120.36 ↓ -43%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $154.06 ↓ -27%
Advocate Employee Commercial $165.48 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $212.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna One Health Commercial $218.40 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $236.00 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $240.24 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $243.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial $243.05 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $243.07 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $244.86 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $262.66 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO $268.00 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $276.48 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial $277.20 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $340.20 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $378.00 ↑ +80%

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Bfb train 1st 15min cntct 90912 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $195.60 $51.20 – $289.71
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $195.60 $258.59 – $2,970.16
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $210.00 $116.35 – $344.06
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $176.00 $39.15 – $91.97
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $210.00 $116.35 – $552.80
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $60.39 $41.26 – $305.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $37.06 – $61.33
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $116.35 – $574.03

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