Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$95.00
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.
$190.00
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.
$74.86 with Advocate Employee vs $398.13 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $74.86 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $89.78 | ↓ -5% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $89.78 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $90.25 | ↓ -5% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $92.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $98.80 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $99.94 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $102.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $108.68 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $109.95 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $110.77 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $114.00 | ↑ +20% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $118.89 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $125.40 | ↑ +32% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $153.90 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $171.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $350.02 | ↑ +268% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $378.22 | ↑ +298% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $398.13 | ↑ +319% |
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Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $179.40 | $67.98 – $275.08 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $179.40 | $184.10 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $95.00 | $66.31 – $785.02 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $118.39 | $46.21 – $94.41 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $95.00 | $66.31 – $807.03 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $61.89 – $102.41 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $89.78 – $521.26 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $89.78 – $846.16 |