Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at Advocate South Suburban Hospital
17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1467560128
$9,280.00
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.
$18,560.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$7,312.64 with Advocate Employee vs $47,462.00 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 | $7,312.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $9,651.20 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $10,013.12 | ↑ +8% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $10,022.40 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $10,393.60 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $11,711.36 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $11,952.64 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $13,400.32 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $14,476.80 | ↑ +56% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $14,848.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $15,256.32 | ↑ +64% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $15,818.44 | ↑ +70% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $15,818.44 | ↑ +70% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $16,363.90 | ↑ +76% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $20,945.80 | ↑ +126% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $24,003.00 | ↑ +159% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $27,813.00 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $41,007.00 | ↑ +342% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $47,462.00 | ↑ +411% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $13,837.20 | $7,379.84 – $21,217.04 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $5,750.00 | $6,594.00 – $18,144.90 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $5,740.00 | $4,523.12 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $11,825.00 | $9,318.10 – $24,503.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $8,155.00 | $6,426.14 – $47,462.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $17,991.82 | $414.32 – $9,917.99 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $5,750.00 | $6,594.00 – $18,144.90 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $15,761.35 | $11,200.55 – $11,760.58 |