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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) 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

$470.00

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.

$940.00

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.

$133.09 with Ambetter vs $867.00 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 $133.09 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $133.09 ↓ -72%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $137.68 ↓ -71%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $176.23 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $235.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $238.06 ↓ -49%
Cigna One Health Commercial $238.06 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $241.84 ↓ -49%
Advocate Employee Commercial $246.25 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $261.49 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $269.00 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $275.11 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $285.00 ↓ -39%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $325.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $361.69 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $454.38 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $463.75 ↓ -1%
Multiplan Commercial $500.00 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare HMO $867.00 ↑ +84%

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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $516.60 $91.79 – $502.32
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $516.60 $99.57 – $269.78
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $505.00 $133.09 – $544.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $595.00 $133.09 – $636.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $427.00 $29.97 – $117.69

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