Right ventric recording 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

$3,285.00

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.

$6,570.00

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.

$569.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $5,913.00 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 $569.76 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $615.67 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $648.07 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $1,834.96 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,834.96 ↓ -44%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $1,898.23 ↓ -42%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $2,429.74 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,588.58 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,219.30 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,278.43 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,371.00 ↑ +3%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,416.40 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $3,679.20 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,728.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial $3,802.06 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,830.00 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare HMO $4,256.00 ↑ +30%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,321.70 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $5,913.00 ↑ +80%

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Right ventric recording at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,417.20 $755.84 – $3,479.10
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,225.00 $965.30 – $6,181.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,795.00 $745.87 – $4,636.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,385.00 $1,091.38 – $6,181.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,807.92 $69.17 – $996.62
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,150.00 $1,218.14 – $6,181.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,375.00 $1,199.23 – $6,181.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $2,390.00 $1,215.15 – $6,181.00

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