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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Advocate Condell Medical Center

801 South Milwaukee Avenue, Libertyville, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1124272547

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$565.00

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.

$1,130.00

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.

$160.73 with Ambetter vs $904.00 with Multiplan — 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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -72%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $166.28 ↓ -71%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $212.83 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $235.00 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $267.82 ↓ -53%
Cigna One Health Commercial $267.82 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $269.00 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $285.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $299.37 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $358.94 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $388.11 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $408.32 ↓ -28%
Advocate Employee Commercial $445.22 ↓ -21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $587.60 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $821.51 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $838.46 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare HMO $867.00 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $904.00 ↑ +60%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $438.00 $95.68 – $577.84
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $438.00 $120.46 – $343.10
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $505.00 $160.73 – $808.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $730.00 $160.73 – $1,168.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $656.01 $25.73 – $361.62
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $555.00 $160.73 – $888.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $735.00 $160.73 – $1,323.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $550.00 $160.73 – $880.00

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