CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast 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

$18.75

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.

$75.00

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.

$15.76 with Cigna vs $151.08 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.

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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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.76 ↓ -16%
Cigna Exchange $15.76 ↓ -16%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.30 ↑ +387%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.26 ↑ +397%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $94.19 ↑ +402%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $97.92 ↑ +422%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $103.52 ↑ +452%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $111.91 ↑ +497%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $116.57 ↑ +522%
Molina Exchange $139.89 ↑ +646%
Ambetter Exchange $151.08 ↑ +706%

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CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $18.75 $16.40 – $151.08
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $300.00 $19.31 – $941.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $267.50 $19.31 – $941.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $287.50 $19.31 – $941.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $192.00 $25.41 – $86.28
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $95.70 $93.26 – $97.92
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $365.00 $19.31 – $941.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $660.00 $19.31 – $941.00

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