Eeg phy/qhp ea incr w/veeg 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

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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.

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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.

$2,794.91 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $3,179.47 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.

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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
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,794.91
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $3,021.52
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $3,179.47

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Eeg phy/qhp ea incr w/veeg at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $282.00 $366.45 – $432.40
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $282.00 $992.43 – $2,970.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $592.80 $186.58 – $491.09
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $2,719.37 – $3,094.77
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $1,715.56 – $1,951.58
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $2,783.46 – $3,168.02
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $2,801.78 – $3,188.62
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge not published $2,758.28 – $3,138.26

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