CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo 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

$750.00

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.

$3,000.00

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.

$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.

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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 $184.02 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $187.96 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $189.84 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $193.60 ↓ -74%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $197.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $208.64 ↓ -72%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $225.56 ↓ -70%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $234.95 ↓ -69%
Molina Exchange $281.94 ↓ -62%
Cigna Exchange $293.86 ↓ -61%
Ambetter Exchange $304.50 ↓ -59%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,249.80 $1.00 – $1,916.36
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,249.80 $201.32 – $979.01
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $750.00 $184.02 – $304.50
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,275.00 $269.08 – $2,040.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,815.00 $269.08 – $2,904.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,285.00 $269.08 – $2,056.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,580.84 $55.26 – $871.43
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $2,973.30 $187.96 – $197.36

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