Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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

$8,245.00

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.

$16,490.00

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.

$4,904.26 with Molina vs $13,192.00 with Multiplan — 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $4,904.26 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $4,904.26 ↓ -41%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,073.37 ↓ -38%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $6,493.91 ↓ -21%
Advocate Employee Commercial $6,497.06 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $6,700.00 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $7,713.00 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $8,140.00 ↓ -1%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $8,574.80 ↑ +4%
Cigna One Health Commercial $8,574.80 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $8,790.17 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial $9,234.40 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare HMO $9,476.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $9,504.42 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial $9,542.76 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $9,999.44 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $11,988.23 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $12,235.58 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $13,192.00 ↑ +60%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $4,415.40 $1,474.76 – $3,437.85
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $961.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,875.00 $1,728.00 – $5,680.26
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $8,245.00 $4,904.26 – $17,439.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $8,245.00 $4,904.26 – $17,439.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $8,097.29 $387.12 – $4,463.63
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,875.00 $1,728.00 – $5,680.26
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $8,245.00 $4,904.26 – $17,439.00

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