Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 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

$8,150.00

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.

$16,300.00

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.

$3,181.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $13,040.00 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.

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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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,181.00 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,686.00 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,437.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare HMO $6,291.00 ↓ -23%
Advocate Employee Commercial $6,422.20 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $8,476.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $8,793.85 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $9,013.90 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $9,128.00 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $9,176.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $10,366.80 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $10,921.00 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $11,198.10 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $11,801.20 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $13,040.00 ↑ +60%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ambetter Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $8,242.80 $532.68 – $11,196.47
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $347.40 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $3,066.70 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $10,870.00 $3,202.00 – $17,392.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $10,870.00 $3,181.00 – $17,392.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $14,977.66 $174.92 – $8,256.43
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $8,980.00 $3,181.00 – $14,368.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $7,145.00 $3,181.00 – $11,432.00

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