Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

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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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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.

$9.82 with United Healthcare Charter vs $20.11 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

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

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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $9.82
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $9.82
Cigna Commercial $16.28
Cigna One Health Commercial $16.28
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $20.11
United Healthcare HMO $20.11
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $68.27 $12.79 – $109.22
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $66.82 $9.82 – $106.91
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $48.00 $5.68 – $31.62
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $67.10 $9.82 – $107.35
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $67.64 $12.79 – $121.75
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $68.72 $9.82 – $133.86
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $67.93 $9.82 – $108.69
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $9.82 – $20.11

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