Nerve conduction studies 3-4 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

$330.00

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.

$660.00

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.

$230.34 with United Healthcare Charter vs $623.25 with HSTechnology — 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $230.34 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $260.04 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $266.64 ↓ -19%
Cigna One Health Commercial $343.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $356.07 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $393.36 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial $435.60 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $442.20 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare HMO $455.40 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $465.96 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $467.94 ↑ +42%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $470.68 ↑ +43%
Molina Medicare Advantage $470.68 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $475.20 ↑ +44%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $486.91 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $506.22 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $528.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $532.62 ↑ +61%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $623.25 ↑ +89%

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Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $364.20 $131.95 – $503.19
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $165.00 $357.36 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $375.00 $226.53 – $374.85
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $470.00 $370.36 – $752.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $680.00 $470.68 – $1,088.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $325.10 $40.31 – $242.25
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $375.00 $226.53 – $374.85
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $371.80 $231.39 – $242.96

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