Perq p-art revsc 1 abnor uni 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

$15,580.00

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.

$31,160.00

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.

$11,560.36 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $35,939.41 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.

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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 $11,560.36 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $12,277.04 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $12,495.16 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $13,149.52 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $15,472.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna One Health Commercial $16,203.20 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $17,114.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $17,583.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $17,823.52 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $18,032.29 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $18,166.28 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare HMO $19,537.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial $20,565.60 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $25,239.60 ↑ +62%
Molina Medicare Advantage $27,141.74 ↑ +74%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $27,141.74 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $28,044.00 ↑ +80%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $28,077.67 ↑ +80%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35,939.41 ↑ +131%

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Perq p-art revsc 1 abnor uni at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $14,430.00 $11,370.84 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $17,310.00 $13,640.28 – $35,939.41
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $19,905.00 $15,685.14 – $47,462.00
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $18,175.00 $14,321.90 – $47,462.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $15,580.00 $12,277.04 – $47,462.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $12,985.00 $10,232.18 – $47,462.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $12,985.00 $10,232.18 – $47,462.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $8,407.35 – $28,077.67

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