ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$997.50

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.

$3,990.00

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.

$624.78 with Bcbs vs $1,033.86 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
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $624.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $638.18 ↓ -36%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $644.56 ↓ -35%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $657.33 ↓ -34%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $670.09 ↓ -33%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $708.38 ↓ -29%
Bcbs Villagemd Other Commercial Plan $733.91 ↓ -26%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $765.82 ↓ -23%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $797.73 ↓ -20%
Molina Exchange $957.27 ↓ -4%
Ambetter Exchange $1,033.86 ↑ +4%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $4,962.60 $317.44 – $808.48
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $899.40 $327.00 – $674.55
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,690.00 $926.71 – $4,020.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,505.00 $926.71 – $2,869.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,040.00 $926.71 – $4,020.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,508.39 $21.67 – $476.97
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $997.50 $624.78 – $1,033.86
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,707.20 $638.18 – $670.09

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