Glucagon hcl 1 mg/ml solution for injection 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

$296.63

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.

$593.26

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.

$175.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $533.93 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 $175.01 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $189.11 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $199.07 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $210.08 ↓ -29%
Molina Medicare Advantage $210.08 ↓ -29%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $217.32 ↓ -27%
Cigna One Health Commercial $217.86 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $217.86 ↓ -27%
Advocate Employee Commercial $233.74 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $278.17 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $278.79 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $278.79 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare HMO $304.72 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $304.72 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $339.34 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $343.32 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $345.87 ↑ +17%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $480.54 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $533.93 ↑ +80%

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Glucagon hcl 1 mg/ml solution for injection at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,015.78 $145.86 – $241.36
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $260.66 $205.40 – $438.28
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $244.39 $192.58 – $391.02
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $311.06 $210.08 – $497.69
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $474.32 $22.53 – $501.13
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $106.45 $145.86 – $241.36
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $286.43 $210.08 – $458.28
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $358.88 $210.08 – $699.10

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