Transcath biopsy 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

$4,090.00

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.

$8,180.00

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.

$3,222.92 with Advocate Employee vs $16,667.00 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 $3,222.92 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $4,253.60 ↑ +4%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $4,253.60 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $4,580.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial $4,733.77 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $5,284.28 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $5,709.64 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,946.86 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $6,012.30 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $6,069.56 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $6,544.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↑ +100%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↑ +100%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $8,452.51 ↑ +107%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $10,819.22 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $11,784.00 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $13,567.00 ↑ +232%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $14,317.00 ↑ +250%
United Healthcare HMO $16,667.00 ↑ +308%

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Transcath biopsy at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $6,202.20 $3,307.84 – $9,510.04
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,737.50 $430.00 – $9,660.07
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,715.00 $1,351.42 – $25,111.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $3,215.00 $2,533.42 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $4,298.05 $192.07 – $4,205.42
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $2,737.50 $430.00 – $9,660.07
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,490.00 $1,962.12 – $25,111.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,755.00 $2,170.94 – $25,111.00

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