Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial 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

$4,775.00

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.

$9,550.00

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.

$3,543.05 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 $3,543.05 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $3,762.70 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $3,829.55 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $4,030.10 ↓ -16%
Cigna One Health Commercial $4,966.00 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,462.60 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $5,526.59 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $5,567.65 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $6,303.00 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $7,735.50 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $8,595.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $11,146.00 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $12,328.00 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $12,665.00 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare HMO $14,074.00 ↑ +195%
Molina Medicare Advantage $27,141.74 ↑ +468%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $27,141.74 ↑ +468%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $28,077.67 ↑ +488%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35,939.41 ↑ +653%

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Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $7,887.00 $4,206.40 – $28,077.67
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $4,483.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,750.00 $1,728.00 – $31,824.13
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,050.00 $3,979.40 – $35,939.41
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $5,550.00 $4,373.40 – $35,939.41
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $6,340.00 $4,995.92 – $35,939.41
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $9,548.80 $373.95 – $13,969.63
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,750.00 $1,728.00 – $31,824.13

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