Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$75.00

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.

$300.00

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.

$17.81 with Unitedhealthcare vs $589.05 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 $17.81 ↓ -76%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $54.67 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.84 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.94 ↓ -25%
Cigna Exchange $55.94 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $56.40 ↓ -25%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.64 ↓ -22%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $61.99 ↓ -17%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $67.01 ↓ -11%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $69.80 ↓ -7%
Molina Exchange $83.77 ↑ +12%
Ambetter Exchange $90.47 ↑ +21%
Cigna One Health Hmo $110.24 ↑ +47%
Cigna Hmo/Ppo $589.05 ↑ +685%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $52.20 $26.24 – $83.54
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $28.80 $22.08 – $59.37
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $75.00 $17.81 – $90.47
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $230.00 $49.47 – $418.67
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $230.00 $49.47 – $389.85
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $230.00 $49.47 – $428.78
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $212.00 $24.11 – $54.33
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $193.05 $55.84 – $58.64

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