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Chest X-ray at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$220.00
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.
$440.00
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.
$85.56 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $396.00 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.
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 | $85.56 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $92.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $97.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $105.62 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $105.62 | ↓ -52% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $137.68 | ↓ -37% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $173.36 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $174.00 | ↓ -21% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $176.23 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $193.00 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $195.00 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $220.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $251.68 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $254.63 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $256.52 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $356.40 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $396.00 | ↑ +80% |
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Chest X-ray at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $201.60 | $99.57 – $125.96 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $201.60 | $54.71 – $218.42 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $265.00 | $105.62 – $424.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $308.60 | $9.63 – $170.12 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $270.00 | $105.62 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $267.50 | $105.62 – $634.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $270.00 | $105.62 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $160.00 | $105.62 – $634.00 |