Afo molded to patient plasti at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$530.00
Cash price 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.
$1,060.00
Gross charge 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.
$272.42 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision vs $1,126.54 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $272.42 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $273.48 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $277.72 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $295.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $311.64 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $369.94 | ↓ -30% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $417.64 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $428.24 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $530.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $551.20 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $561.48 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $631.76 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $710.20 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $731.40 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $848.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $850.77 | ↑ +61% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $850.77 | ↑ +61% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $880.11 | ↑ +66% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $1,126.54 | ↑ +113% |
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Afo molded to patient plasti at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,220.80 | $304.39 – $938.78 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $720.03 – $720.03 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $850.77 – $1,277.08 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $850.77 – $2,073.11 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $850.77 – $2,086.59 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | not published | $850.77 – $2,053.63 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | not published | $850.77 – $1,126.54 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | not published | $850.77 – $2,080.60 |