Appl multlay comprs arm/hand 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

$297.50

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.

$595.00

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.

$232.46 with Advocate Employee vs $6,291.00 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 $232.46 ↓ -22%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $238.50 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicare Advantage $238.50 ↓ -20%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $246.73 ↓ -17%
Cigna One Health Commercial $306.80 ↑ +3%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $315.81 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $318.31 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $326.27 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $330.40 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $332.17 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $375.24 ↑ +26%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $395.30 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $405.33 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $427.16 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $472.00 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,181.00 ↑ +969%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,686.00 ↑ +1139%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,437.00 ↑ +1728%
United Healthcare HMO $6,291.00 ↑ +2015%

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Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $237.60 $73.00 – $2,143.62
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $265.00 $175.33 – $4,528.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $409.60 $14.72 – $136.54
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $155.10 $174.14 – $182.85
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $280.00 $175.33 – $6,291.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $360.00 $238.37 – $6,291.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $155.10 $174.14 – $182.85
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $47.00 – $197.70

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