Change ureter stent percut at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$2,980.00
Cash price 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.
$5,960.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,721.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $6,482.00 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,721.44 | ↓ -42% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $1,828.16 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,860.64 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,958.08 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $2,412.80 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $2,654.08 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,685.17 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $2,705.12 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,062.40 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $3,096.34 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $3,096.34 | ↑ +4% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $3,203.11 | ↑ +7% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $3,758.40 | ↑ +26% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $4,099.98 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $4,176.00 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $5,135.00 | ↑ +72% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,678.00 | ↑ +91% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $5,834.00 | ↑ +96% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,482.00 | ↑ +118% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,300.00 | $2,084.26 – $12,362.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,190.00 | $2,300.96 – $8,003.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,920.00 | $2,300.96 – $12,362.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $5,390.40 | $224.46 – $1,683.14 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $3,141.05 | $2,240.09 – $2,352.10 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,670.00 | $2,300.96 – $12,362.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $2,980.00 | $2,072.44 – $12,362.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $2,360.00 | $1,252.92 – $12,362.00 |