Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis 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

$7,720.00

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.

$15,440.00

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.

$3,260.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $13,896.00 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 $3,260.00 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $3,606.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,705.00 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare HMO $4,116.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $5,728.24 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $6,083.36 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $6,191.44 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $6,515.68 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $7,704.56 ↓ -0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $8,028.80 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $8,646.40 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $8,831.68 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $8,935.13 ↑ +16%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $12,506.40 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $13,896.00 ↑ +80%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ambetter Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $949.20 $1,455.44 – $14,350.91
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $949.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $7,720.00 $3,181.00 – $12,352.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $7,586.60 not published
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $7,720.00 $3,181.00 – $12,352.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,043.20 $362.26 – $969.03
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $7,720.00 $3,181.00 – $12,352.00
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $6,284.40 $482.76 – $693.00

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