Inj w/fluor eval cv device 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

$1,170.00

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.

$2,340.00

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.

$318.46 with Ambetter 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.

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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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $318.46 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare Advantage $318.46 ↓ -73%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $329.44 ↓ -72%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $421.68 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $868.14 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $921.96 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $938.34 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $987.48 ↓ -16%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,216.80 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,338.48 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $1,354.16 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,364.22 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $1,544.40 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,895.40 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $2,106.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,260.00 ↑ +179%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,606.00 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,705.00 ↑ +217%
United Healthcare HMO $4,116.00 ↑ +252%

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Inj w/fluor eval cv device at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $266.40 $142.08 – $2,143.62
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $215.40 $921.67 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $125.00 $223.15 – $369.26
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $425.00 $318.46 – $6,291.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $500.00 $318.46 – $4,528.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $325.00 $256.10 – $6,291.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $593.60 $31.91 – $195.17
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $125.00 $223.15 – $369.26

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