Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve 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

$1,380.00

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.

$2,760.00

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.

$1,046.75 with Molina vs $6,071.00 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,046.75 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $1,046.75 ↓ -24%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $1,082.85 ↓ -22%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,087.44 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,386.04 ↑ +0%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,435.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,489.02 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,526.28 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $1,545.60 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,553.88 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,755.36 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,849.20 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,896.12 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,998.24 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $2,208.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,070.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,558.00 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,246.00 ↑ +280%
United Healthcare HMO $6,071.00 ↑ +340%

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Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $540.60 $288.32 – $2,573.12
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $540.60 $195.00 – $757.74
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,006.34 $65.34 – $554.74
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,455.00 $1,046.75 – $6,071.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $1,310.00 $1,032.28 – $6,071.00
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $1,890.00 $1,046.75 – $6,071.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $1,890.00 $1,046.75 – $6,071.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $430.00 – $1,225.43

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