Cdna analysis for variants 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

$620.00

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.

$1,240.00

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.

$185.20 with United Healthcare vs $842.28 with Cigna — 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
United Healthcare HMO $185.20 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $185.20 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $185.20 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $185.20 ↓ -70%
Advocate Employee Commercial $234.43 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $268.54 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Advantage $268.54 ↓ -57%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $277.80 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial $321.00 ↓ -48%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $321.30 ↓ -48%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $355.58 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $430.19 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $464.70 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Commercial $476.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $489.69 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $579.53 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $579.53 ↓ -7%
Cigna One Health Commercial $842.28 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial $842.28 ↑ +36%

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Cdna analysis for variants at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $371.40 $129.92 – $569.48
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $467.40 $185.20 – $366.13
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $620.00 $185.20 – $842.28
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $620.00 $185.20 – $842.28
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $620.00 $185.20 – $842.28
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $370.40 $3.50 – $296.32
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $830.50 $185.20 – $194.46
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $620.00 $185.20 – $842.28

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