Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$775.00

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.

$1,550.00

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.

$496.44 with Advocate Employee vs $6,071.00 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 $496.44 ↓ -36%
Cigna One Health Commercial $655.20 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $679.77 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $696.78 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial $705.60 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $709.38 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $801.36 ↑ +3%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $844.20 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $865.62 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $912.24 ↑ +18%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $934.51 ↑ +21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $934.51 ↑ +21%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $966.73 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $1,008.00 ↑ +30%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,237.41 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,070.00 ↑ +296%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,558.00 ↑ +359%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,246.00 ↑ +577%
United Healthcare HMO $6,071.00 ↑ +683%

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $493.80 $757.16 – $2,093.33
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $493.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,040.00 $819.52 – $4,681.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $4,750.00 $610.70 – $6,071.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,650.40 $480.98 – $3,527.66
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,069.20 $672.23 – $705.84
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,485.00 $934.51 – $6,071.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $1,215.00 $610.70 – $6,071.00

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