Mopath procedure level 9 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

$940.00

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.

$1,880.00

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.

$740.72 with Advocate Employee vs $9,089.44 with Cigna — 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 $740.72 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $1,014.26 ↑ +8%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,015.20 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,359.24 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,468.28 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Commercial $1,504.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,547.24 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,831.12 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,831.12 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $2,000.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $2,000.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $2,000.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare HMO $2,000.00 ↑ +113%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,900.00 ↑ +209%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,900.00 ↑ +209%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $3,000.00 ↑ +219%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,840.00 ↑ +309%
Cigna One Health Commercial $9,089.44 ↑ +867%
Cigna Commercial $9,089.44 ↑ +867%

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Mopath procedure level 9 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,500.00 $596.49 – $3,240.00
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $940.00 $740.72 – $9,089.44
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $940.00 $740.72 – $9,089.44
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $940.00 $740.72 – $9,089.44
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $4,000.00 $3.50 – $3,200.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,500.00 $573.01 – $3,240.00
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $3,612.40 $2,000.00 – $2,100.00
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $940.00 $740.72 – $9,089.44

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