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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$1,275.00
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.
$2,550.00
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.
$269.08 with Ambetter vs $2,040.00 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.
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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $269.08 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $269.08 | ↓ -79% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $278.36 | ↓ -78% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $356.30 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $653.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $653.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $718.00 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $718.00 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $718.00 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $718.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $941.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $1,004.70 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,277.34 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,380.56 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,453.67 | ↑ +14% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,708.50 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,800.30 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,836.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $2,040.00 | ↑ +60% |
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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,603.20 | $1.00 – $2,458.24 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,603.20 | $201.32 – $1,255.84 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,815.00 | $269.08 – $2,904.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,285.00 | $269.08 – $2,056.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,318.36 | $54.61 – $1,278.00 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $1,385.00 | $269.08 – $2,216.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $2,365.00 | $269.08 – $4,257.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $1,975.00 | $269.08 – $3,160.00 |