Assay of methemalbumin 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.
$10.74 with United Healthcare Core Navigate vs $61.32 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.
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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| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $10.74 | — |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $10.74 | — |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $10.74 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $10.74 | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $15.57 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $15.57 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $16.11 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $20.62 | — |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $49.11 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | $49.11 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $53.91 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | $58.23 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $58.28 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $61.32 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of methemalbumin at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $27.20 | $3.50 – $17.18 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $4.42 – $4.42 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $10.74 – $12.35 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $10.51 – $17.40 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $10.74 – $59.69 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $10.74 – $58.23 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $10.74 – $61.10 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | not published | $10.51 – $17.40 |