Perc cryo ablate renal tum 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

$4,975.00

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.

$9,950.00

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.

$3,920.30 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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 $3,920.30 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,174.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $5,368.03 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,502.35 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $5,572.00 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $5,601.85 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $6,328.20 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $6,666.50 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $6,835.65 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $7,203.80 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $7,960.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +196%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $15,736.65 ↑ +216%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15,736.65 ↑ +216%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $16,279.30 ↑ +227%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $20,837.50 ↑ +319%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +336%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +405%

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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,000.00 $1,728.00 – $18,453.63
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $9,085.00 $7,158.98 – $20,837.50
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $7,650.00 $3,991.22 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $21,107.20 $410.84 – $8,099.52
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,000.00 $1,728.00 – $18,453.63
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $8,564.60 $11,391.13 – $11,960.68
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $9,760.00 $6,150.34 – $25,111.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $3,825.00 $3,014.10 – $25,111.00

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