Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$680.00
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.
$1,360.00
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.
$425.52 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.
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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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $425.52 | ↓ -37% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $446.18 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $446.18 | ↓ -34% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $461.57 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $561.60 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $582.66 | ↓ -14% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $590.81 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $597.24 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $604.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $608.04 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $686.88 | ↑ +1% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $723.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $741.96 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $781.92 | ↑ +15% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $864.00 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,181.00 | ↑ +368% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,686.00 | ↑ +442% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,437.00 | ↑ +700% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,291.00 | ↑ +825% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $531.00 | $179.52 – $480.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $354.00 | $126.00 – $324.53 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $250.00 | $322.03 – $532.87 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,060.00 | $429.46 – $4,528.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $750.00 | $226.55 – $6,291.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,135.35 | $40.47 – $312.93 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $250.00 | $322.03 – $532.87 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,391.50 | $328.94 – $345.38 |