Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal 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

$1,370.00

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.

$2,740.00

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.

$1,079.56 with Advocate Employee vs $6,181.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $1,079.56 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,424.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,478.23 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,515.22 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $1,534.40 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,542.62 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,742.64 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,835.80 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,882.38 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,983.76 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $2,192.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,449.01 ↑ +79%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,449.01 ↑ +79%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $2,533.46 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,126.00 ↑ +128%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,242.82 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,622.00 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,340.00 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare HMO $6,181.00 ↑ +351%

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Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,357.80 $724.46 – $2,081.96
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,357.80 $1,962.03 – $2,970.16
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,345.00 $1,847.86 – $6,181.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,201.12 $183.99 – $1,764.61
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,985.00 $1,564.18 – $6,181.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $1,980.00 $1,560.24 – $6,181.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $2,595.00 $1,925.49 – $4,671.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $1,545.00 $1,217.46 – $6,181.00

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