Chemo ia push tecnique 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

$495.00

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.

$990.00

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.

$313.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,182.00 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.

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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 $313.08 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $338.31 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $356.11 ↓ -28%
Advocate Employee Commercial $390.06 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $501.35 ↑ +1%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $501.35 ↑ +1%
Cigna One Health Commercial $514.80 ↑ +4%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $518.64 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $566.28 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $572.91 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $577.17 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $653.40 ↑ +32%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $663.86 ↑ +34%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $801.90 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $891.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $935.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,035.00 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,043.00 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare HMO $1,182.00 ↑ +139%

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Chemo ia push tecnique at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $495.00 $390.06 – $1,740.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $495.00 $390.06 – $1,299.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $495.00 $390.06 – $1,740.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $182.40 $85.98 – $258.04
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $495.00 $390.06 – $1,740.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $495.00 $390.06 – $1,740.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $168.30 $265.65 – $560.13
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $50.82 – $518.64

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