Inj(s) sclerosant spider veins limb/trunk at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$302.50
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.
$605.00
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.
$224.46 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $4,116.00 with United Healthcare — 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 | $224.46 | ↓ -26% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $238.37 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $242.61 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $255.31 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $314.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $346.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $350.11 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $352.72 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $399.30 | ↑ +32% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $490.05 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $544.50 | ↑ +80% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $603.89 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $603.89 | ↑ +100% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $624.72 | ↑ +107% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $799.64 | ↑ +164% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,260.00 | ↑ +978% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $3,606.00 | ↑ +1092% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,705.00 | ↑ +1125% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1261% |
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Inj(s) sclerosant spider veins limb/trunk at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $112.20 | $172.04 – $610.33 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $112.20 | $1,652.92 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $302.50 | $238.37 – $4,528.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $113.60 | $69.51 – $310.82 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $302.50 | $238.37 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $302.50 | $238.37 – $6,291.00 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $426.48 – $705.72 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $603.89 – $6,291.00 |