Radphm lcl tumor plr sgl day 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

$820.00

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.

$1,640.00

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.

$484.19 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $2,694.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $484.19 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $523.21 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $550.74 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $607.37 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare Advantage $607.37 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $628.31 ↓ -23%
Advocate Employee Commercial $646.16 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $667.45 ↓ -19%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $804.24 ↓ -2%
Cigna One Health Commercial $852.80 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $938.08 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $956.12 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $1,082.40 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,328.40 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $1,476.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $2,134.00 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $2,359.00 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,426.00 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare HMO $2,694.00 ↑ +229%

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Radphm lcl tumor plr sgl day at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $695.40 $370.88 – $1,066.28
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $695.40 $399.78 – $544.73
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $820.00 $607.37 – $2,595.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $820.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $922.89 $27.94 – $508.74
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,763.30 $428.40 – $449.82
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $820.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $820.00 $607.37 – $3,966.00

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