Chromosome banding study at Advocate South Suburban Hospital
17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1467560128
$262.50
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.
$525.00
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.
$68.60 with United Healthcare Charter vs $511.35 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 Charter | Commercial | $68.60 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $68.60 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $68.60 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $68.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $99.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $99.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $102.90 | ↓ -61% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $131.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $206.85 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $211.36 | ↓ -19% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $283.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $312.51 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $312.51 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $379.58 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $410.03 | ↑ +56% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $420.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $432.08 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $511.35 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $511.35 | ↑ +95% |
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Chromosome banding study at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $262.50 | $68.60 – $420.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $262.50 | $68.60 – $420.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $262.50 | $68.60 – $420.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $172.80 | $3.50 – $109.76 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $262.50 | $68.60 – $427.35 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $262.50 | $68.60 – $420.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $262.50 | $68.60 – $472.50 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $262.50 | $68.60 – $420.00 |