Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s 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

$5,540.00

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.

$11,080.00

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.

$4,110.68 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $9,972.00 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,110.68 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $4,365.52 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $4,443.08 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $4,675.76 ↓ -16%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $4,861.63 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare Advantage $4,861.63 ↓ -12%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,029.28 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,429.20 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $5,528.92 ↓ -0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,761.60 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $6,204.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $6,412.00 ↑ +16%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $6,437.47 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $7,860.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $8,692.00 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $8,932.00 ↑ +61%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $8,974.80 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare HMO $9,925.00 ↑ +79%
Multiplan Commercial $9,972.00 ↑ +80%

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Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $10,615.80 $2,435.39 – $16,277.56
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,375.00 $3,401.16 – $5,628.06
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,970.00 $3,128.36 – $18,102.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $5,910.00 $4,657.08 – $11,479.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $4,065.00 $3,203.22 – $18,102.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $9,401.56 $272.33 – $5,182.61
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $2,375.00 $3,401.16 – $5,628.06
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $5,684.80 $3,474.11 – $3,647.82

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