Fem/popl revasc w/stent 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

$11,780.00

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.

$23,560.00

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.

$8,740.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $22,697.54 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 $8,740.76 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $9,282.64 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $9,447.56 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $9,942.32 ↓ -16%
Cigna One Health Commercial $12,251.20 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $13,476.32 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $13,634.17 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $13,735.48 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $15,472.00 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $15,549.60 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $17,114.00 ↑ +45%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17,141.37 ↑ +46%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $17,141.37 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $17,583.00 ↑ +49%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $17,732.46 ↑ +51%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $19,083.60 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare HMO $19,537.00 ↑ +66%
Multiplan Commercial $21,204.00 ↑ +80%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $22,697.54 ↑ +93%

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Fem/popl revasc w/stent at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,888.80 $1,341.36 – $17,732.46
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $6,125.00 $5,580.00 – $6,594.00
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $8,375.00 $6,599.50 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,760.00 $10,054.88 – $24,503.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $15,955.00 $12,572.54 – $47,462.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $48,569.60 $441.27 – $16,221.85
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $6,125.00 $5,580.00 – $6,594.00
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $18,103.25 not published

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