Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber 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

$23,805.00

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.

$47,610.00

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.

$18,758.34 with Advocate Employee vs $111,480.00 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
Advocate Employee Commercial $18,758.34 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $24,757.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $25,685.60 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $26,328.33 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $26,661.60 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $26,804.43 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $30,279.96 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $31,898.70 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $32,708.07 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $34,469.64 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $38,088.00 ↑ +60%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $48,461.37 ↑ +104%
Molina Medicare Advantage $48,461.37 ↑ +104%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $50,132.45 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $56,379.00 ↑ +137%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $64,169.53 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $65,328.00 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $96,319.00 ↑ +305%
United Healthcare HMO $111,480.00 ↑ +368%

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Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $19,851.60 $10,587.52 – $50,132.45
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $11,875.00 $10,750.00 – $54,491.76
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $33,815.00 $26,646.22 – $64,169.53
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $34,430.00 $27,130.84 – $111,480.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $63,970.92 $787.44 – $24,942.66
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $11,875.00 $10,750.00 – $54,491.76
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $41,764.80 $33,636.89 – $35,318.74
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $29,180.00 $22,993.84 – $111,480.00

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