Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr 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

$472.50

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.

$945.00

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.

$318.46 with Ambetter vs $1,270.00 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 $318.46 ↓ -33%
Molina Medicare Advantage $318.46 ↓ -33%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $329.44 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $372.33 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $421.68 ↓ -11%
Cigna One Health Commercial $491.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $509.83 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $623.70 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $633.15 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $642.00 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $667.17 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $680.40 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $744.00 ↑ +57%
Multiplan Commercial $756.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $802.99 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $867.88 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $913.84 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,098.00 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare HMO $1,270.00 ↑ +169%

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Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $351.60 $156.48 – $449.88
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $351.60 $234.85 – $275.42
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $342.40 $122.71 – $329.97
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $455.07 $219.63 – $485.56
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $318.46 – $576.28
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $318.46 – $935.47
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon not published $227.94 – $239.33
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $318.46 – $941.56

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