Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$445.00

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.

$890.00

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.

$236.49 with Ambetter vs $1,434.00 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.

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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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $236.49 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare Advantage $236.49 ↓ -47%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $244.65 ↓ -45%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $313.15 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $350.66 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $462.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $480.16 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $587.40 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $596.30 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $628.34 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $631.01 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $640.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $682.63 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $712.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $718.23 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $725.00 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $840.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,239.00 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare HMO $1,434.00 ↑ +222%

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $498.00 $163.10 – $2,798.02
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $498.00 $171.15 – $390.10
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $445.00 $236.49 – $1,072.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $445.00 $236.49 – $1,434.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,124.01 $121.72 – $619.61
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $372.90 $231.39 – $242.96
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $445.00 $236.49 – $1,434.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $445.00 $236.49 – $1,434.00

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