Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$5,390.00

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.

$10,780.00

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.

$4,247.32 with Advocate Employee vs $16,667.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $4,247.32 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,605.60 ↑ +4%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,605.60 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $6,036.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $6,238.39 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $6,963.88 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $7,524.44 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $7,837.06 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $7,923.30 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $7,998.76 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $8,624.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $9,431.44 ↑ +75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $9,431.44 ↑ +75%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $9,756.66 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $11,784.00 ↑ +119%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $12,488.53 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $13,567.00 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $14,317.00 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare HMO $16,667.00 ↑ +209%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $3,825.00 $3,014.10 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $712.80 $250.13 – $4,854.28
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $5,110.00 $4,026.68 – $25,111.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $3,290.00 $2,592.52 – $25,111.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $3,865.00 $2,867.83 – $14,074.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $2,820.00 $2,222.16 – $25,111.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $4,431.26 – $9,756.66
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $915.00 – $12,000.99

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