Transperi needle place pros 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

$3,090.00

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.

$6,180.00

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.

$2,292.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $10,174.59 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 $2,292.78 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $2,434.92 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,478.18 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,607.96 ↓ -16%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,213.60 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,534.96 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $3,576.37 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,602.94 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $4,078.80 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,005.80 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $5,562.00 ↑ +80%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $7,683.94 ↑ +149%
Molina Medicare Advantage $7,683.94 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $7,860.00 ↑ +154%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $7,948.90 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $8,692.00 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $8,932.00 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare HMO $9,925.00 ↑ +221%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $10,174.59 ↑ +229%

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Transperi needle place pros at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $5,842.01 $713.75 – $3,954.86
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $6,800.00 $5,358.40 – $18,102.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $4,450.81 – $7,948.90
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $1,582.00 – $12,053.94
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $1,728.00 – $9,308.20
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $7,683.94 – $18,102.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $7,683.94 – $11,479.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $7,683.94 – $18,102.00

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