Ins pm gen exist dual lead 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

$16,260.00

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.

$32,520.00

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.

$12,812.88 with Advocate Employee vs $111,480.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $12,812.88 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $16,910.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $17,544.54 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $17,560.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $18,211.20 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $20,520.12 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $20,942.88 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $23,479.44 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $25,365.60 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Commercial $26,016.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $26,731.44 ↑ +64%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $33,927.62 ↑ +109%
Molina Medicare Advantage $33,927.62 ↑ +109%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $35,097.54 ↑ +116%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $44,924.85 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $56,379.00 ↑ +247%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $65,328.00 ↑ +302%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $96,319.00 ↑ +492%
United Healthcare HMO $111,480.00 ↑ +586%

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Ins pm gen exist dual lead at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $35,956.80 $19,176.96 – $55,133.76
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $5,500.00 $4,334.00 – $111,480.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $28,720.00 $22,631.36 – $45,952.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $30,175.00 $23,777.90 – $111,480.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $36,983.20 $323.50 – $20,386.98
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $36,280.00 $28,588.64 – $111,480.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $12,130.00 $9,558.44 – $111,480.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $10,385.00 $7,705.67 – $44,924.85

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