Warde 1005020 citrate 24 hour urine 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

$65.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$27.80 with United Healthcare Core Navigate vs $126.49 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
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $27.80 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $27.80 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare HMO $27.80 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $27.80 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $29.17 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $31.52 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $33.18 ↓ -49%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $40.31 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare Advantage $40.31 ↓ -38%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $41.70 ↓ -36%
Advocate Employee Commercial $43.34 ↓ -33%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $53.38 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $62.92 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $64.13 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial $69.26 ↑ +7%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $89.10 ↑ +37%
Multiplan Commercial $99.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna One Health Commercial $126.49 ↑ +95%
Cigna Commercial $126.49 ↑ +95%

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Warde 1005020 citrate 24 hour urine at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $279.60 $22.78 – $87.40
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $279.60 $31.97 – $33.84
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $37.50 $27.22 – $45.04
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $65.00 $27.80 – $126.49
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $65.00 $27.80 – $126.49
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $65.00 $27.80 – $126.49
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $86.42 $3.50 – $47.64
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $37.50 $27.22 – $45.04

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