Conversion ext bil drg cath at Advocate South Suburban Hospital
17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1467560128
$2,820.00
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.
$5,640.00
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.
$2,222.16 with Advocate Employee vs $17,439.00 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.
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 | $2,222.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $2,932.80 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,042.78 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $3,045.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $3,558.84 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $3,632.16 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $3,722.40 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $4,072.08 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $4,399.20 | ↑ +56% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $4,512.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $4,636.08 | ↑ +64% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $5,334.21 | ↑ +89% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $5,334.21 | ↑ +89% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $5,518.14 | ↑ +96% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $7,063.22 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $8,821.00 | ↑ +213% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $10,219.00 | ↑ +262% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $15,068.00 | ↑ +434% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $17,439.00 | ↑ +518% |
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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,880.00 | $2,269.44 – $17,439.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $5,090.00 | $4,010.92 – $9,476.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $5,080.00 | $4,003.04 – $17,439.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $7,362.84 | $174.44 – $4,058.77 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $3,930.00 | $3,096.84 – $17,439.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $2,430.00 | $1,914.84 – $17,439.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $2,460.00 | $1,825.32 – $8,168.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $2,820.00 | $2,222.16 – $17,439.00 |