Cadd pump refill 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.

$165.48 with Advocate Employee vs $421.68 with HSTechnology — 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
Advocate Employee Commercial $165.48 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $199.50 ↓ -5%
Cigna One Health Commercial $218.40 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $220.92 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $226.80 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $240.24 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $243.05 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $244.86 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare HMO $252.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial $277.20 ↑ +32%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $318.46 ↑ +52%
Molina Medicare Advantage $318.46 ↑ +52%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $329.44 ↑ +57%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $340.20 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $365.58 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $378.00 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $395.04 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $415.83 ↑ +98%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $421.68 ↑ +101%

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Cadd pump refill at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $370.20 $50.82 – $567.64
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $370.20 $137.63 – $289.99
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $210.00 $146.58 – $819.92
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $444.49 $103.96 – $287.98
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $210.00 $146.58 – $831.42
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $337.59 $219.63 – $458.72
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $318.46 – $544.42
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $318.46 – $883.78

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