Autologous blood op salvage at Advocate South Suburban Hospital
17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1467560128
$540.00
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.
$1,080.00
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.
$425.52 with Advocate Employee vs $1,634.98 with HSTechnology — 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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $425.52 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $470.91 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $522.55 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $564.92 | ↑ +5% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $583.20 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $594.45 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $601.20 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $601.20 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $628.20 | ↑ +16% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $628.20 | ↑ +16% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $628.20 | ↑ +16% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $628.20 | ↑ +16% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $864.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,051.92 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,051.92 | ↑ +95% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $1,234.75 | ↑ +129% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,234.75 | ↑ +129% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $1,277.33 | ↑ +137% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,634.98 | ↑ +203% |
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Autologous blood op salvage at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $540.00 | $425.52 – $1,634.98 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $786.52 | $79.34 – $1,362.48 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $900.00 | $425.52 – $1,634.98 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $84.60 – $1,277.33 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $229.12 – $942.18 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $23.66 – $1,398.68 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $470.91 – $1,634.98 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $320.76 – $1,634.98 |