Tissue culture skin/biopsy at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks
701 Winthrop Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1760415939
$75.00
Cash price 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.
$300.00
Gross charge 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.
$140.73 with Aetna vs $944.27 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $140.73 | ↑ +88% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan | $142.14 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $144.95 | ↑ +93% |
| Cigna | Exchange | $147.04 | ↑ +96% |
| Meridian | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $147.77 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan | $156.21 | ↑ +108% |
| Bcbs | Access Community Health Hmo | $168.88 | ↑ +125% |
| Molina | Exchange | $211.09 | ↑ +181% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $227.98 | ↑ +204% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $235.96 | ↑ +215% |
| Cigna | One Health Hmo | $297.93 | ↑ +297% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $422.19 | ↑ +463% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Ppo | $944.27 | ↑ +1159% |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $75.00 | $137.77 – $227.98 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $775.00 | $140.73 – $1,240.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $775.00 | $140.73 – $1,240.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $775.00 | $140.73 – $1,240.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $353.60 | $3.50 – $225.17 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $75.00 | $137.77 – $227.98 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $847.00 | $140.73 – $147.77 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $775.00 | $140.73 – $1,240.00 |