Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest 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

$435.00

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.

$870.00

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.

$160.73 with Ambetter vs $783.00 with Multiplan — 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 $160.73 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -63%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $166.28 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $192.00 ↓ -56%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $212.83 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $213.00 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $218.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare HMO $249.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $270.80 ↓ -38%
Cigna One Health Commercial $270.80 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $340.30 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $342.73 ↓ -21%
Advocate Employee Commercial $342.78 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $367.72 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $387.07 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $497.64 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $507.21 ↑ +17%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $704.70 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $783.00 ↑ +80%

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Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $220.80 $98.35 – $338.56
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $220.80 $106.34 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $150.00 $95.19 – $181.49
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $435.00 $160.73 – $867.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $435.00 $160.73 – $781.65
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $224.80 $51.24 – $129.29
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $150.00 $95.19 – $181.49
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $435.00 $160.73 – $786.40

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