Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) 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

$5,160.00

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$10,320.00

Gross charge

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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.

$4,066.08 with Advocate Employee vs $17,439.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Advocate Employee Commercial $4,066.08 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $4,757.47 ↓ -8%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $4,757.47 ↓ -8%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $4,921.53 ↓ -5%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,366.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $5,567.64 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,706.96 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $5,779.20 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $5,810.16 ↑ +13%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $6,299.55 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $6,563.52 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $6,914.40 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $7,089.84 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $7,471.68 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $8,256.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $8,821.00 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10,219.00 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $15,068.00 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare HMO $17,439.00 ↑ +238%

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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,550.00 $1,360.00 – $4,921.53
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,278.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,875.00 $658.00 – $5,481.46
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $5,035.00 $3,967.58 – $9,476.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $5,520.00 $4,349.76 – $17,439.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $5,236.80 $293.32 – $2,448.63
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,875.00 $658.00 – $5,481.46
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $3,686.65 $3,383.62 – $3,552.80

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