Esophageal recording at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$1,035.00
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.
$2,070.00
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.
$415.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $6,181.00 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $415.62 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $449.21 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $473.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $815.58 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $1,076.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,116.77 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,144.71 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,159.20 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,165.41 | ↑ +13% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $1,386.90 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,656.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,834.96 | ↑ +77% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $1,834.96 | ↑ +77% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $1,898.23 | ↑ +83% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $2,429.74 | ↑ +135% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $3,126.00 | ↑ +202% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $3,622.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $5,340.00 | ↑ +416% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $6,181.00 | ↑ +497% |
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Esophageal recording at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $875.00 | $1,277.34 – $2,113.67 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $160.00 | $13.14 – $944.44 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $875.00 | $1,277.34 – $2,113.67 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $875.00 | $1,304.74 – $2,113.67 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks | Glendale Heights | $875.00 | $1,304.74 – $2,113.67 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $1,265.49 – $1,898.23 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $137.60 – $18,167.87 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $262.20 – $4,636.00 |