Repair dental ellis ii fx 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

$275.00

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.

$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.

$168.30 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $495.00 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $168.30 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $181.50 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $191.40 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $216.70 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $269.50 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $274.45 ↓ -0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $286.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $318.29 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $351.00 ↑ +28%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $351.00 ↑ +28%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $363.11 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $445.50 ↑ +62%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $464.78 ↑ +69%
Multiplan Commercial $495.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial not published by hospital —
Cigna Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare HMO not published by hospital —

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Repair dental ellis ii fx at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $466.80 $715.76 – $1,235.24
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $466.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
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