Npsy tst eval phsy/qhp 1st 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

$260.00

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.

$520.00

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.

$204.88 with Advocate Employee vs $1,556.00 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 $204.88 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $270.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $280.54 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $343.20 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $348.40 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $367.12 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $374.40 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $416.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $617.38 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $628.00 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $667.27 ↑ +157%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $702.61 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $728.00 ↑ +180%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $802.01 ↑ +208%
Molina Medicare Advantage $802.01 ↑ +208%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $829.66 ↑ +219%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,061.97 ↑ +308%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,074.00 ↑ +313%
United Healthcare HMO $1,556.00 ↑ +498%

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Npsy tst eval phsy/qhp 1st hr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $248.40 $380.88 – $604.29
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $248.40 $1,636.56 – $2,970.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $300.00 $99.64 – $412.79
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $327.50 $258.07 – $1,556.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $391.49 – $647.81
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $389.48 – $1,061.97
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $631.93 – $1,061.97
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon not published $399.88 – $419.88

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