Perc rf ablate renal tumor 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

$6,710.00

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.

$13,420.00

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.

$3,293.84 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 $3,293.84 ↓ -51%
Cigna One Health Commercial $4,347.20 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial $4,510.22 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $4,623.08 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial $4,681.60 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $4,706.68 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $5,316.96 ↓ -21%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $5,601.20 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $5,743.32 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $6,052.64 ↓ -10%
Multiplan Commercial $6,688.00 ↓ -0%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8,818.69 ↑ +31%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8,818.69 ↑ +31%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $9,122.78 ↑ +36%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $11,677.16 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +223%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +274%

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Perc rf ablate renal tumor at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $6,211.20 $2,881.23 – $9,523.84
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $6,211.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,000.00 $430.00 – $10,495.17
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $6,470.00 $4,247.32 – $16,667.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $6,380.00 $2,616.16 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $15,611.20 $307.42 – $4,666.38
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,000.00 $430.00 – $10,495.17
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $7,490.00 $5,902.12 – $25,111.00

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