Brachy source i-125 injection 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

$165.00

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.

$330.00

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.

$53.71 with Ambetter vs $264.00 with Multiplan — 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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $53.71 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Advantage $53.71 ↓ -67%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $55.56 ↓ -66%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $71.12 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $83.16 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $83.49 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $84.81 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $90.42 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $95.04 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $115.17 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $130.02 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $133.32 ↓ -19%
Cigna One Health Commercial $165.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial $171.60 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $174.80 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $196.68 ↑ +19%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $221.10 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare HMO $227.70 ↑ +38%
Multiplan Commercial $264.00 ↑ +60%

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Brachy source i-125 injection at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $680.00 $53.71 – $1,088.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $242.45 $34.82 – $159.71
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $62.50 $43.63 – $100.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $87.50 $53.71 – $157.50
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. $79.20 $35.26 – $221.71
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $38.61 – $57.92
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $37.04 – $691.57
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $53.71 – $71.12

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