Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i 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

$12,480.00

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.

$24,960.00

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.

$9,260.16 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $35,939.41 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.

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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 $9,260.16 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $9,834.24 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $10,008.96 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $10,533.12 ↓ -16%
Cigna One Health Commercial $12,979.20 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $14,277.12 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $14,444.35 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $14,551.68 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $15,472.00 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $16,473.60 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $17,114.00 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $17,583.00 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare HMO $19,537.00 ↑ +57%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $20,217.60 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $22,464.00 ↑ +80%
Molina Medicare Advantage $27,141.74 ↑ +117%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $27,141.74 ↑ +117%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $28,077.67 ↑ +125%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35,939.41 ↑ +188%

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Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $8,168.40 $1,097.56 – $28,077.67
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,750.00 $4,150.00 – $31,824.13
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $13,955.00 $10,996.54 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $15,055.00 $11,863.34 – $35,939.41
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $11,780.00 $9,282.64 – $47,462.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $18,504.00 $415.66 – $13,969.63
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,750.00 $4,150.00 – $31,824.13
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $14,561.80 $19,644.52 – $20,626.75

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