Place needles pelvic for right 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

$6,900.00

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.

$13,800.00

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.

$1,497.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $12,420.00 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $1,497.00 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,655.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,701.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO $1,889.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,222.80 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $4,554.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $4,802.40 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $5,437.20 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $7,176.00 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $7,461.49 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Advantage $7,461.49 ↑ +8%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $7,718.78 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $7,893.60 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $7,986.06 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $8,045.40 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $9,108.00 ↑ +32%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $9,880.04 ↑ +43%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $11,178.00 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $12,420.00 ↑ +80%

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Place needles pelvic for right at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,160.00 $425.18 – $3,840.36
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $4,123.41 – $7,718.78
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $1,068.99 – $11,167.25
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $1,728.00 – $8,684.36
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $7,461.49 – $17,439.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $6,700.00 – $9,880.04
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $7,461.49 – $17,439.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $1,728.00 – $8,684.36

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