Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at Advocate Christ Medical Center

4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$3,505.00

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.

$7,010.00

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.

$2,761.94 with Advocate Employee vs $25,752.25 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 $2,761.94 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,645.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,781.90 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,876.53 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $3,925.60 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,946.63 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,458.36 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $4,696.70 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $4,815.87 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $5,075.24 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $5,608.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $9,155.00 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10,607.00 ↑ +203%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $15,641.00 ↑ +346%
United Healthcare HMO $18,102.00 ↑ +416%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $19,448.31 ↑ +455%
Molina Medicare Advantage $19,448.31 ↑ +455%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $20,118.95 ↑ +474%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $25,752.25 ↑ +635%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $4,000.00 $2,414.00 – $30,439.09
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $4,570.00 $3,601.16 – $25,752.25
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $4,285.00 $3,376.58 – $25,752.25
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $18,652.80 $326.32 – $10,009.88
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $4,000.00 $2,414.00 – $30,439.09
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $10,340.55 $18,789.56 – $19,729.04
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $5,480.00 $4,318.24 – $25,752.25
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $7,050.00 $5,555.40 – $25,752.25

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