Ghs fish hybrid in situ 100-300 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

$225.00

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.

$450.00

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.

$51.19 with United Healthcare Charter vs $438.30 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $51.19 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $51.19 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $51.19 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO $51.19 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage $74.23 ↓ -67%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $74.23 ↓ -67%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $76.79 ↓ -66%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $98.28 ↓ -56%
Advocate Employee Commercial $177.30 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $194.92 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $210.72 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial $217.65 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $221.74 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial $232.15 ↑ +3%
Cigna One Health Commercial $232.15 ↑ +3%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $243.00 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $360.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $438.30 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $438.30 ↑ +95%

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Ghs fish hybrid in situ 100-300 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $210.00 $35.34 – $322.00
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $100.80 $58.87 – $76.61
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $43.75 $45.16 – $82.93
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $225.00 $51.19 – $360.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $225.00 $51.19 – $360.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $225.00 $51.19 – $360.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $127.86 $3.50 – $81.90
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $43.75 $43.38 – $82.93

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