Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$125.00

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.

$500.00

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.

$109.62 with Bcbs vs $345.24 with Aetna — 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 $109.62 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $111.97 ↓ -10%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $113.09 ↓ -10%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $115.33 ↓ -8%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $117.57 ↓ -6%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $124.29 ↓ -1%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $134.36 ↑ +7%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $139.96 ↑ +12%
Molina Exchange $167.96 ↑ +34%
Ambetter Exchange $181.39 ↑ +45%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $345.24 ↑ +176%

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $295.80 $40.00 – $264.30
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $295.80 $119.25 – $124.55
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $125.00 $109.62 – $181.39
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $282.50 $161.67 – $524.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $282.50 $161.67 – $452.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $282.50 $161.67 – $524.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $484.25 $43.57 – $266.94
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $580.25 $111.97 – $117.57

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