Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$1,740.00

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.

$3,480.00

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.

$1,371.12 with Advocate Employee vs $6,181.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,371.12 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,809.60 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,877.46 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,879.20 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,195.88 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,241.12 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial $2,296.80 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,512.56 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,714.40 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Commercial $2,784.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,860.56 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,126.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,622.00 ↑ +108%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $4,326.01 ↑ +149%
Molina Medicare Advantage $4,326.01 ↑ +149%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $4,475.19 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,340.00 ↑ +207%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $5,728.24 ↑ +229%
United Healthcare HMO $6,181.00 ↑ +255%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $3,297.60 $1,056.96 – $4,475.19
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $3,297.60 $1,519.38 – $3,113.45
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,050.00 $1,062.00 – $5,042.65
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,620.00 $84.00 – $5,728.24
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,620.00 $116.00 – $5,728.24
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,740.00 $1,371.12 – $6,181.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $6,142.85 $67.70 – $2,226.56
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,050.00 $1,062.00 – $5,042.65

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