Conversion ext bil drg cath 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

$5,090.00

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.

$10,180.00

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.

$4,010.92 with Advocate Employee vs $9,476.00 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 $4,010.92 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,293.60 ↑ +4%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,293.60 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $5,334.21 ↑ +5%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,334.21 ↑ +5%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,518.14 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $5,700.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $5,891.17 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $6,576.28 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $6,700.00 ↑ +32%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $7,063.22 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $7,105.64 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $7,400.86 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $7,482.30 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $7,553.56 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $7,713.00 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $8,140.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $8,144.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare HMO $9,476.00 ↑ +86%

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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,880.00 $2,269.44 – $17,439.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $5,080.00 $4,003.04 – $17,439.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $7,362.84 $174.44 – $4,058.77
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,930.00 $3,096.84 – $17,439.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,430.00 $1,914.84 – $17,439.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $2,460.00 $1,825.32 – $8,168.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $2,820.00 $2,222.16 – $17,439.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $2,820.00 $2,222.16 – $17,439.00

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