Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange
5101 S Willow Springs Rd, La Grange, IL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1407889652
$700.00
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.
$2,800.00
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.
$184.02 with Bcbs 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.
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 | $184.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $187.96 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan | $189.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $193.60 | ↓ -72% |
| Meridian | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $197.36 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan | $208.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Bcbs | Access Community Health Hmo | $225.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Actin Care | All Commercial Plans | $234.95 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Exchange | $281.94 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Exchange | $293.86 | ↓ -58% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $304.50 | ↓ -57% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,473.60 | $1.00 – $2,259.52 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,473.60 | $201.32 – $1,154.32 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $700.00 | $184.02 – $304.50 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $885.00 | $269.08 – $1,416.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,245.00 | $269.08 – $1,992.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $890.00 | $269.08 – $1,424.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,157.27 | $55.55 – $1,189.19 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $2,809.40 | $187.96 – $197.36 |