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Foot X-ray at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$225.00
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.
$450.00
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.
$79.73 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $319.50 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.
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 | $79.73 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $86.16 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $90.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $100.21 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $119.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $119.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $133.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $137.68 | ↓ -39% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $139.87 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $174.00 | ↓ -23% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $176.23 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $193.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $195.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $203.06 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $206.97 | ↓ -8% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $220.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $287.55 | ↑ +28% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $319.50 | ↑ +42% |
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Foot X-ray at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $280.80 | $54.71 – $253.47 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $280.80 | $72.00 – $146.17 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $225.00 | $100.21 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $325.00 | $100.21 – $416.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $355.00 | $100.21 – $634.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $278.51 | $7.42 – $153.53 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $300.00 | $100.21 – $634.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $415.00 | $100.21 – $634.00 |