Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 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

$2,095.00

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.

$4,190.00

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.

$84.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $3,451.43 with HSTechnology — 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 $84.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $98.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $144.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HMO $166.00 ↓ -92%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,650.86 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $2,178.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $2,260.51 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $2,346.40 ↑ +12%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,606.55 ↑ +24%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,606.55 ↑ +24%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $2,696.43 ↑ +29%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $2,807.30 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,958.14 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,970.71 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,016.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $3,213.73 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $3,352.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $3,381.33 ↑ +61%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,451.43 ↑ +65%

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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $609.60 $934.72 – $1,801.98
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $609.60 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,095.00 $84.00 – $3,451.43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,147.40 $120.22 – $1,735.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $2,095.00 $84.00 – $3,451.43
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $576.00 – $3,089.94
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $2,606.55 – $4,636.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $576.00 – $3,089.94

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