Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$355.00

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.

$710.00

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.

$270.71 with Aetna vs $719.96 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
Aetna Commercial $270.71 ↓ -24%
Advocate Employee Commercial $279.74 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $283.41 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare HMO $283.41 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $283.41 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $283.41 ↓ -20%
Cigna One Health Commercial $351.12 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial $351.12 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $427.73 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $462.29 ↑ +30%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $475.70 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $486.77 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $501.26 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $511.20 ↑ +44%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $543.72 ↑ +53%
Molina Medicare Advantage $543.72 ↑ +53%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $562.47 ↑ +58%
Multiplan Commercial $568.00 ↑ +60%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $719.96 ↑ +103%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $82.20 $43.84 – $126.04
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $67.80 $10.58 – $46.35
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $250.00 $54.16 – $622.27
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $355.00 $269.84 – $719.96
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $355.00 $270.71 – $719.96
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $328.79 $61.52 – $279.85
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $250.00 $54.16 – $622.27
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $523.60 $384.12 – $403.32

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