Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$5,175.00
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.
$10,350.00
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.
$3,839.85 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $38,169.90 with HSTechnology — 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 | $3,839.85 | ↓ -26% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $4,077.90 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $4,150.35 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $4,367.70 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $5,071.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $5,164.65 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $5,382.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $5,796.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $5,989.55 | ↑ +16% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $8,383.50 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $9,315.00 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $15,472.00 | ↑ +199% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $17,114.00 | ↑ +231% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $17,583.00 | ↑ +240% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $19,537.00 | ↑ +278% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $28,826.23 | ↑ +457% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $28,826.23 | ↑ +457% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $29,820.24 | ↑ +476% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $38,169.90 | ↑ +638% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $17,245.20 | $7,456.31 – $29,820.24 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $5,775.00 | $4,150.00 – $33,438.72 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $19,965.00 | $15,732.42 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $22,150.00 | $17,324.00 – $38,169.90 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $6,245.00 | $4,921.06 – $47,462.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $17,191.21 | $309.49 – $14,836.62 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $5,775.00 | $4,150.00 – $33,438.72 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $13,600.00 | $10,716.80 – $47,462.00 |