Benign lesion paring 2-4 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

$137.50

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.

$550.00

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.

$210.49 with Bcbs vs $2,414.00 with Aetna — 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 $210.49 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $215.00 ↑ +56%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $217.15 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $221.45 ↑ +61%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $225.75 ↑ +64%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $238.65 ↑ +74%
Bcbs Villagemd Other Commercial Plan $247.25 ↑ +80%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $258.00 ↑ +88%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $268.75 ↑ +95%
Molina Exchange $322.51 ↑ +135%
Ambetter Exchange $348.31 ↑ +153%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $1,032.00 ↑ +651%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $2,414.00 ↑ +1656%

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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $108.00 $165.60 – $171.71
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $108.00 $465.04 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $217.50 $171.39 – $6,291.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $257.50 $202.91 – $6,291.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $374.60 $20.31 – $206.49
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $137.50 $210.49 – $348.31
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $207.35 $215.00 – $225.75
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $205.00 $161.54 – $6,291.00

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