Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale

120 North Oak St, Hinsdale, IL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1265465439

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$625.00

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.

$2,500.00

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.

$109.68 with Bcbs vs $181.49 with Ambetter — 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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $109.68 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $112.03 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $113.15 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $115.39 ↓ -82%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $117.63 ↓ -81%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $124.36 ↓ -80%
Bcbs Villagemd Other Commercial Plan $128.84 ↓ -79%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $134.44 ↓ -78%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $140.04 ↓ -78%
Cigna Exchange $145.28 ↓ -77%
Molina Exchange $168.05 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Exchange $181.49 ↓ -71%

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,077.60 $1.00 – $1,652.32
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,077.60 $120.46 – $844.12
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $780.00 $160.73 – $1,248.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,140.00 $160.73 – $1,824.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $785.00 $160.73 – $1,256.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,925.36 $51.93 – $1,061.35
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $625.00 $109.68 – $181.49
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $2,608.65 $112.03 – $117.63

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