Echo transthoracic 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

$325.00

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.

$1,300.00

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.

$573.25 with Bcbs vs $948.59 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 $573.25 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $585.55 ↑ +80%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $591.40 ↑ +82%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $603.11 ↑ +86%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $614.83 ↑ +89%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $649.96 ↑ +100%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $702.66 ↑ +116%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $731.94 ↑ +125%
Molina Exchange $878.32 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Exchange $948.59 ↑ +192%

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Echo transthoracic at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $325.00 $573.25 – $948.59
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $765.00 $524.02 – $1,097.39
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $765.00 $524.02 – $1,097.39
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $795.00 $524.02 – $1,097.39
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $454.17 $32.53 – $426.56
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $711.15 $585.55 – $614.83
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $665.00 $524.02 – $1,877.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $765.00 $524.02 – $1,097.39

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