Ugt1a1 gene analy common variants 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

$235.00

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.

$470.00

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.

$143.82 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $1,064.01 with Cigna — 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 $143.82 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $155.10 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $163.56 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $185.18 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare HMO $234.00 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $234.00 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $234.00 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $234.00 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $268.84 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $271.99 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $274.01 ↑ +17%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $339.30 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicare Advantage $339.30 ↑ +44%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $351.00 ↑ +49%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $380.70 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial $423.00 ↑ +80%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $449.28 ↑ +91%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,064.01 ↑ +353%
Cigna Commercial $1,064.01 ↑ +353%

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Ugt1a1 gene analy common variants at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $145.00 $163.96 – $379.08
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $235.00 $185.18 – $1,064.01
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $235.00 $185.18 – $1,064.01
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $235.00 $185.18 – $1,064.01
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $468.00 $3.50 – $374.40
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $145.00 $157.51 – $379.08
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $779.35 $234.00 – $245.70
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $235.00 $185.18 – $1,064.01

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