Apply intrcav radiat simple at Advocate South Suburban Hospital

17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1467560128

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

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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.

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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.

$589.52 with Aetna vs $2,231.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Commercial $589.52
Molina Medicare Advantage $874.36
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $874.36
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $904.51
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,157.78
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,961.65
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,120.70
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,231.55

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Apply intrcav radiat simple at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,040.00 $589.52 – $3,264.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,040.00 $589.52 – $3,264.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $780.80 $189.51 – $566.83
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,040.00 $589.52 – $3,264.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,040.00 $589.52 – $3,264.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $440.55 $246.34 – $2,052.82
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $467.85 – $904.51
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $578.47 – $1,267.05

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