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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at Advocate South Suburban Hospital
17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1467560128
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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.
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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.
$8,818.69 with Ambetter vs $25,111.00 with United Healthcare — 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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $8,818.69 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $8,818.69 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $9,122.78 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $11,677.16 | — |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $12,700.00 | — |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $14,716.00 | — |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $21,695.00 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $25,111.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,126.80 | $1,727.76 – $3,985.42 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,126.80 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,472.80 | $532.67 – $4,538.91 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $8,818.69 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $8,818.69 – $16,667.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $8,818.69 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $8,818.69 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | not published | $8,818.69 – $25,111.00 |