Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$80.20
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.
$160.39
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.
$42.49 with Ambetter vs $144.35 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.
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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $42.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $42.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $43.95 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $48.74 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $48.74 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $49.08 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $51.54 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $51.54 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $52.93 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $55.82 | ↓ -30% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $56.26 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $56.33 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $56.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $63.19 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $91.74 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $92.82 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $93.51 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $129.92 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $144.35 | ↑ +80% |
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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,351.83 | $30.54 – $565.24 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,351.83 | $6.42 – $305.36 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $778.70 | $29.38 – $48.62 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $78.67 | $39.55 – $125.87 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $75.22 | $39.55 – $120.35 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $81.25 | $0.61 – $62.52 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $122.74 | $29.38 – $48.62 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $77.68 | $39.55 – $124.28 |