Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$515.00

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.

$1,030.00

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.

$236.49 with Ambetter vs $1,255.00 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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $236.49 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare Advantage $236.49 ↓ -54%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $244.65 ↓ -52%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $313.15 ↓ -39%
Advocate Employee Commercial $405.82 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $488.77 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial $525.30 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $528.49 ↑ +3%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $535.60 ↑ +4%
Cigna One Health Commercial $535.60 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $556.01 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $596.06 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $748.81 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $764.26 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $824.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $887.00 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,023.00 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,078.00 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare HMO $1,255.00 ↑ +144%

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $352.20 $131.95 – $507.84
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $331.20 $357.36 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $515.00 $236.49 – $1,679.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $515.00 $236.49 – $1,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $464.00 $89.87 – $246.07
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $515.00 $236.49 – $1,679.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $515.00 $236.49 – $1,679.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $515.00 $236.49 – $1,679.00

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