Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Advocate Condell Medical Center
801 South Milwaukee Avenue, Libertyville, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1124272547
$545.00
Cash price 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.
$1,090.00
Gross charge 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.
$429.46 with Advocate Employee vs $4,528.00 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $429.46 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $446.18 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $446.18 | ↓ -18% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $461.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $566.80 | ↑ +4% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $566.80 | ↑ +4% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $590.81 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $610.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $630.78 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $704.14 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $760.82 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $792.43 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $801.15 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $808.78 | ↑ +48% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $872.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,202.00 | ↑ +488% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $3,592.00 | ↑ +559% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,685.00 | ↑ +576% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $4,528.00 | ↑ +731% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $131.40 | $201.48 – $438.97 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $131.40 | $1,188.84 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $400.00 | $322.03 – $532.87 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $810.00 | $425.52 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $930.00 | $446.18 – $6,291.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,096.58 | $53.01 – $302.24 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $400.00 | $322.03 – $532.87 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,424.50 | $328.94 – $345.38 |