Infect ag drug suscept pheno predict 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

$325.00

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.

$650.00

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.

$130.35 with United Healthcare Charter vs $641.63 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 $130.35 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $130.35 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $130.35 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare HMO $130.35 ↓ -60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $189.01 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicare Advantage $189.01 ↓ -42%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $195.53 ↓ -40%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $250.27 ↓ -23%
Advocate Employee Commercial $256.10 ↓ -21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $351.00 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $520.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $564.03 ↑ +74%
Cigna Commercial $592.27 ↑ +82%
Cigna One Health Commercial $592.27 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $609.76 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial $629.17 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $633.10 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $633.10 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $641.63 ↑ +97%

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Infect ag drug suscept pheno predict at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $447.60 $146.06 – $589.72
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $447.60 $149.90 – $161.21
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $100.00 $127.61 – $211.17
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $325.00 $130.35 – $629.17
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $325.00 $130.35 – $629.17
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $325.00 $130.35 – $629.17
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $323.20 $3.50 – $208.56
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $100.00 $127.61 – $211.17

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