Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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

$137.50

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.

$275.00

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.

$108.35 with Advocate Employee vs $397.69 with HSTechnology — 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 $108.35 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $116.00 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $136.00 ↓ -1%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $143.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna One Health Commercial $143.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $143.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $154.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $159.14 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare HMO $166.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $199.93 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $202.95 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $204.05 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $219.45 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $220.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $231.00 ↑ +68%
Molina Medicare Advantage $300.34 ↑ +118%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $300.34 ↑ +118%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $310.69 ↑ +126%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $397.69 ↑ +189%

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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $242.40 $68.61 – $371.68
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $137.50 $84.00 – $397.69
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $137.50 $84.00 – $397.69
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $728.00 $16.63 – $194.70
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $137.50 $84.00 – $397.69
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $137.50 $84.15 – $397.69
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $137.50 $84.00 – $397.69
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $198.70 – $506.33

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