Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$730.00

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.

$1,460.00

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.

$138.74 with Aetna vs $2,429.00 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
Aetna Commercial $138.74 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $165.51 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage $165.51 ↓ -77%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $171.22 ↓ -77%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $219.16 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $564.93 ↓ -23%
Advocate Employee Commercial $575.24 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $610.58 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $642.92 ↓ -12%
Cigna One Health Commercial $759.20 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $963.60 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $978.20 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,030.76 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $1,039.00 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,051.20 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $1,168.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $1,225.00 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $2,098.00 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare HMO $2,429.00 ↑ +233%

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