Perc cryo ablate renal tum 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

$7,650.00

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.

$15,300.00

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.

$3,014.10 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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 $3,014.10 ↓ -61%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,978.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $4,127.18 ↓ -46%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $4,131.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $4,827.15 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $4,926.60 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $5,049.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $5,523.30 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $5,967.00 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Commercial $6,120.00 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $6,288.30 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +92%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,736.65 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,736.65 ↑ +106%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,279.30 ↑ +113%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,837.50 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +228%

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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,000.00 $1,728.00 – $18,453.63
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $4,975.00 $3,920.30 – $25,111.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $9,085.00 $7,158.98 – $20,837.50
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $7,650.00 $3,991.22 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $21,107.20 $410.84 – $8,099.52
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,000.00 $1,728.00 – $18,453.63
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $8,564.60 $11,391.13 – $11,960.68
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $9,760.00 $6,150.34 – $25,111.00

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