Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination 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

$200.00

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.

$800.00

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.

$54.16 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,430.13 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
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $54.16 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $185.61 ↓ -7%
Cigna Exchange $185.61 ↓ -7%
Cigna One Health Hmo $350.78 ↑ +75%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $376.05 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $384.12 ↑ +92%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $387.96 ↑ +94%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $403.32 ↑ +102%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $426.37 ↑ +113%
Bcbs Villagemd Other Commercial Plan $441.74 ↑ +121%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $460.94 ↑ +130%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $480.15 ↑ +140%
Molina Exchange $576.18 ↑ +188%
Ambetter Exchange $622.27 ↑ +211%
Cigna Hmo/Ppo $1,430.13 ↑ +615%

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Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $137.40 $52.80 – $562.47
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $99.00 $75.90 – $393.85
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $675.00 $283.41 – $1,080.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $560.00 $283.41 – $938.84
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $675.00 $283.41 – $1,080.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $647.20 $74.02 – $352.48
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $200.00 $54.16 – $622.27
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $977.90 $384.12 – $403.32

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