Clearance of airways at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$67.50
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.
$135.00
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.
$41.31 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $407.07 with HSTechnology — 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 | $41.31 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $44.55 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $46.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $53.19 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $70.20 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $77.22 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $78.12 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $78.71 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $89.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $109.35 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $121.50 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $145.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $159.00 | ↑ +136% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $164.00 | ↑ +143% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $183.00 | ↑ +171% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $307.43 | ↑ +355% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $307.43 | ↑ +355% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $318.03 | ↑ +371% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $407.07 | ↑ +503% |
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Clearance of airways at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $140.00 | $48.17 – $158.23 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $146.30 | $234.66 – $246.39 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $146.30 | $234.66 – $246.39 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $57.10 – $318.03 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $144.00 – $233.70 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $229.73 – $380.15 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $307.43 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $307.43 – $4,528.00 |