Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$6,080.00

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.

$12,160.00

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.

$4,511.36 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $35,962.00 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,511.36 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $4,791.04 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $4,876.16 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $5,131.52 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,958.40 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $6,067.84 ↓ -0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $6,323.20 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $6,809.60 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $7,036.99 ↑ +16%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $9,849.60 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $10,944.00 ↑ +80%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +160%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,818.44 ↑ +160%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,363.90 ↑ +169%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,945.80 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $28,482.00 ↑ +368%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $31,504.00 ↑ +418%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $32,367.00 ↑ +432%
United Healthcare HMO $35,962.00 ↑ +491%

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $13,181.40 $1,504.20 – $14,279.85
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $981.00 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,790.00 $2,986.52 – $91,059.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,270.00 $9,668.76 – $39,558.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $8,845.00 $6,969.86 – $91,059.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $28,311.41 $439.81 – $15,606.66
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $16,266.80 $11,200.55 – $11,760.58
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $15,115.00 $11,910.62 – $91,059.00

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