Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external 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

$1,145.00

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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.

$2,290.00

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.

$744.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $2,061.00 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
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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 $744.78 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $804.78 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $847.14 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $902.26 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $989.10 ↓ -14%
Molina Medicare Advantage $989.10 ↓ -14%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $1,023.21 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $1,087.75 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,122.10 ↓ -2%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,190.80 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,204.54 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,236.60 ↑ +8%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,309.71 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $1,325.22 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,335.07 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare HMO $1,374.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial $1,511.40 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,854.90 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $2,061.00 ↑ +80%

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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $724.20 $367.68 – $1,023.21
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $724.20 $265.00 – $713.12
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $425.00 $693.41 – $1,147.41
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,145.00 $799.21 – $1,832.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,145.00 $902.26 – $1,832.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,145.00 $799.21 – $1,832.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,511.94 $98.07 – $833.45
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $425.00 $693.41 – $1,147.41

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