Chromatogram assay sugars 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

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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.

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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.

$21.18 with Cigna vs $261.67 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
Cigna Exchange $21.18
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $21.18
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $32.87
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $38.18
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $39.00
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $39.39
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.95
Cigna One Health Hmo $41.76
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $43.29
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $46.80
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $48.75
Molina Exchange $58.50
Ambetter Exchange $63.18
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $117.00
Cigna Hmo/Ppo $261.67

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Chromatogram assay sugars at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $86.42 $3.50 – $62.40
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $22.78 – $22.78
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $39.00 – $61.69
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $22.05 – $63.18
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $39.00 – $177.09
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $39.00 – $177.09
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $39.00 – $177.09
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon not published $39.00 – $40.95

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