Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale
120 North Oak St, Hinsdale, IL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1265465439
$1,350.00
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.
$5,400.00
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.
$366.01 with Bcbs vs $605.65 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.
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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| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $366.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $373.86 | ↓ -72% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan | $377.60 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $385.08 | ↓ -71% |
| Meridian | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $392.55 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan | $414.98 | ↓ -69% |
| Bcbs | Villagemd Other Commercial Plan | $429.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Bcbs | Access Community Health Hmo | $448.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Actin Care | All Commercial Plans | $467.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Exchange | $560.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Exchange | $586.75 | ↓ -57% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $605.65 | ↓ -55% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,997.60 | $372.28 – $4,596.32 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $2,997.60 | $421.38 – $2,348.12 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,915.00 | $539.81 – $3,064.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,750.00 | $539.81 – $4,400.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,360.00 | $539.81 – $3,776.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,776.48 | $100.21 – $2,633.03 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $1,350.00 | $366.01 – $605.65 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $3,729.00 | $373.86 – $392.55 |