Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$62.50

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.

$250.00

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.

$18.56 with Bcbs vs $127.42 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.

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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 $18.56 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.96 ↓ -70%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.15 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.53 ↓ -69%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $21.05 ↓ -66%
Cigna Exchange $21.34 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Villagemd Other Commercial Plan $21.80 ↓ -65%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $22.75 ↓ -64%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $23.70 ↓ -62%
Molina Exchange $28.44 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Exchange $30.72 ↓ -51%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $31.81 ↓ -49%
Cigna One Health Hmo $40.10 ↓ -36%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $56.88 ↓ -9%
Cigna Hmo/Ppo $127.42 ↑ +104%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $102.00 $9.81 – $79.12
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $102.00 $21.80 – $40.42
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $125.00 $18.96 – $200.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $125.00 $18.96 – $200.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $125.00 $18.96 – $200.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $64.28 $3.50 – $35.43
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $62.50 $18.56 – $30.72
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $372.90 $18.96 – $19.91

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