Magnesium 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

$31.25

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.

$125.00

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.

$6.56 with Bcbs vs $45.51 with Cigna — 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 $6.56 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.70 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare Centene Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.77 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.90 ↓ -78%
Meridian Medicare Managed Care Plan $7.04 ↓ -77%
Cigna Exchange $7.23 ↓ -77%
Aetna Better Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $7.44 ↓ -76%
Bcbs Access Community Health Hmo $8.04 ↓ -74%
Actin Care All Commercial Plans $8.38 ↓ -73%
Molina Exchange $10.05 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Exchange $10.85 ↓ -65%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $11.23 ↓ -64%
Cigna One Health Hmo $13.92 ↓ -55%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $20.10 ↓ -36%
Cigna Hmo/Ppo $45.51 ↑ +46%

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Magnesium at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $64.80 $4.42 – $74.52
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $64.80 $7.71 – $17.39
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $31.25 $6.56 – $10.85
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $50.00 $6.70 – $48.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $70.00 $6.70 – $48.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $60.00 $6.70 – $48.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $33.57 $3.50 – $18.50
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $115.50 $6.70 – $7.04

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