Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange

5101 S Willow Springs Rd, La Grange, IL · AdventHealth · · NPI 1407889652

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$53.75

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.

$215.00

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.

$63.06 with Bcbs vs $432.32 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 $63.06 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $64.41 ↑ +20%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $65.05 ↑ +21%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $66.34 ↑ +23%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $67.63 ↑ +26%
Cigna Exchange $69.58 ↑ +29%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $71.50 ↑ +33%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $77.29 ↑ +44%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $80.51 ↑ +50%
Molina Exchange $96.62 ↑ +80%
Ambetter Exchange $104.34 ↑ +94%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $107.99 ↑ +101%
Cigna One Health Hmo $136.44 ↑ +154%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $193.23 ↑ +259%
Cigna Hmo/Ppo $432.32 ↑ +704%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $53.75 $63.06 – $104.34
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $158.40 $3.50 – $103.06
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $343.20 $64.41 – $67.63
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $343.20 $64.41 – $67.63
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $53.75 $64.41 – $104.34
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $53.75 $64.41 – $104.34
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $22.78 – $22.78
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $61.69 – $74.07

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