Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 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

$452.50

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.

$905.00

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.

$276.93 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $814.50 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $276.93 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $298.65 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $304.07 ↓ -33%
Molina Medicare Advantage $304.07 ↓ -33%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $314.56 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $314.94 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $356.57 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $402.63 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $429.88 ↓ -5%
Cigna One Health Commercial $470.60 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $476.03 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $488.70 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $517.66 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $523.72 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $527.62 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare HMO $543.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial $597.30 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $733.05 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $814.50 ↑ +80%

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Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $615.60 $92.92 – $503.19
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $60.60 $152.00 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $162.50 $212.10 – $350.97
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $452.50 $304.07 – $724.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $452.50 $304.07 – $724.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $324.12 $30.57 – $178.67
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $162.50 $212.10 – $350.97
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $180.40 $216.65 – $227.48

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