ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$130.00

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.

$520.00

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.

$88.47 with Bcbs vs $146.39 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 $88.47 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $90.36 ↓ -30%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.27 ↓ -30%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.07 ↓ -28%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $94.88 ↓ -27%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $100.30 ↓ -23%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $108.44 ↓ -17%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $112.95 ↓ -13%
Molina Exchange $135.54 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Exchange $146.39 ↑ +13%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $245.40 $25.92 – $137.68
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $245.40 $36.00 – $97.28
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $130.00 $88.47 – $146.39
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $195.00 $49.25 – $796.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $195.00 $49.25 – $724.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $195.00 $49.25 – $796.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $170.36 $10.30 – $35.89
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $341.00 $90.36 – $94.88

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →