Assay of urine sulfate at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale
120 North Oak St, Hinsdale, IL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1265465439
$22.50
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.
$90.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.35 with Cigna vs $36.41 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.
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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| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.35 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Exchange | $5.35 | ↓ -76% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.37 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.49 | ↓ -76% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Meridian | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.76 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6.09 | ↓ -73% |
| Bcbs | Villagemd Other Commercial Plan | $6.31 | ↓ -72% |
| Bcbs | Access Community Health Hmo | $6.59 | ↓ -71% |
| Actin Care | All Commercial Plans | $6.86 | ↓ -70% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $7.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Exchange | $8.24 | ↓ -63% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $8.89 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | One Health Hmo | $10.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $16.47 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Ppo | $36.41 | ↑ +62% |
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Assay of urine sulfate at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $50.00 | $5.49 – $80.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $50.00 | $5.49 – $80.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $50.00 | $5.49 – $80.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $25.72 | $3.29 – $14.17 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $22.50 | $5.14 – $8.89 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $75.35 | $5.49 – $5.76 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $50.00 | $5.49 – $80.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $50.00 | $5.49 – $80.00 |