Contrast x-ray gallbladder 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

$175.00

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.

$700.00

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.

$84.62 with Cigna vs $304.50 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
Cigna One Health Hmo $84.62 ↓ -52%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $184.02 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $187.96 ↑ +7%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $189.84 ↑ +8%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $193.60 ↑ +11%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $197.36 ↑ +13%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $208.64 ↑ +19%
Bcbs Villagemd Other Commercial Plan $216.16 ↑ +24%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $225.56 ↑ +29%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $234.95 ↑ +34%
Cigna Exchange $247.93 ↑ +42%
Molina Exchange $281.94 ↑ +61%
Ambetter Exchange $304.50 ↑ +74%

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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $153.60 $14.19 – $157.58
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $175.00 $84.62 – $304.50
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $417.50 $170.03 – $668.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $417.50 $170.03 – $668.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $417.50 $170.03 – $813.29
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $417.50 $170.03 – $668.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $166.32 $77.59 – $646.58
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $175.00 $84.62 – $304.50

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →