Closure paravalvlr leak pq 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

$14,800.00

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.

$29,600.00

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.

$934.51 with Molina vs $26,640.00 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $934.51 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $934.51 ↓ -94%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $966.73 ↓ -93%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,237.41 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,371.00 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,728.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,830.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare HMO $4,256.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $10,981.60 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $11,662.40 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $11,869.60 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $12,491.20 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $14,504.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $14,770.40 ↓ -0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $15,392.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $16,576.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $17,129.52 ↑ +16%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $23,976.00 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $26,640.00 ↑ +80%

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Closure paravalvlr leak pq at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $652.20 $347.84 – $2,573.12
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $9,285.00 $934.51 – $6,071.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $5,715.00 $934.51 – $9,144.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,884.00 $480.98 – $8,778.00
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,709.95 $672.23 – $705.84
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $14,800.00 $934.51 – $23,680.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $1,709.95 not published
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $618.26 – $5,669.28

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