Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 at Advocate Condell Medical Center
801 South Milwaukee Avenue, Libertyville, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1124272547
$280.00
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.
$560.00
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.
$157.84 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $157.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $170.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $179.55 | ↓ -36% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $220.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $285.60 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $291.20 | ↑ +4% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $291.20 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $324.07 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $407.12 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $415.52 | ↑ +48% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $448.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $470.68 | ↑ +68% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $470.68 | ↑ +68% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $486.91 | ↑ +74% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $623.25 | ↑ +123% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $887.00 | ↑ +217% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $1,023.00 | ↑ +265% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $1,078.00 | ↑ +285% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,255.00 | ↑ +348% |
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Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $231.00 | $123.20 – $503.19 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $280.00 | $220.64 – $1,679.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $280.00 | $220.64 – $1,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $206.40 | $17.87 – $242.25 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $280.00 | $220.64 – $1,679.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $280.00 | $220.64 – $1,679.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $280.00 | $220.64 – $1,679.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $80.85 | $102.30 – $525.87 |