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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) 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

$465.00

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.

$930.00

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.

$119.01 with Cigna vs $744.00 with Multiplan — 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
Cigna Commercial $119.01 ↓ -74%
Cigna One Health Commercial $119.01 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -65%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $166.28 ↓ -64%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $212.83 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $214.00 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $246.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial $287.30 ↓ -38%
Advocate Employee Commercial $366.42 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $444.00 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare HMO $537.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $548.78 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $593.13 ↑ +28%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $623.10 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $624.54 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $656.58 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $669.60 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $744.00 ↑ +60%

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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $213.60 $107.26 – $290.14
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $213.60 $120.46 – $167.32
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $445.00 $119.01 – $867.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $660.00 $119.01 – $1,056.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $375.57 $21.78 – $207.03
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $437.50 $119.01 – $700.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $417.50 $119.01 – $668.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $472.50 $119.01 – $850.50

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →