Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection 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

$15.37

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.

$30.73

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.

$0.76 with United Healthcare Charter vs $15.31 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision — 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 Charter Commercial $0.76 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $0.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna One Health Commercial $0.88 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial $0.88 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO $1.55 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1.55 ↓ -90%
Advocate Employee Commercial $6.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $8.48 ↓ -45%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $8.49 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $11.37 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $12.28 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial $12.58 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $12.94 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $15.31 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $15.31 ↓ -0%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ambetter Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $168.52 $7.34 – $19.97
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $168.52 $6.98 – $10.79
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $42.20 $0.92 – $0.92
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $15.49 $0.76 – $12.58
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $200.72 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $15.35 $0.88 – $12.58
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $15.33 $0.76 – $12.56
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $36.72 $0.05 – $1.72

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