Platelets irradiated ea unit at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$365.00
Cash price 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.
$730.00
Gross charge 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.
$196.88 with Ambetter vs $589.11 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $196.88 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $196.88 | ↓ -46% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $203.67 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $254.77 | ↓ -30% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $260.70 | ↓ -29% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $287.62 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $294.92 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $379.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $393.84 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $435.08 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $481.80 | ↑ +32% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $489.10 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $503.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $515.38 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $517.57 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $525.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $559.91 | ↑ +53% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $584.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $589.11 | ↑ +61% |
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Platelets irradiated ea unit at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $365.00 | $196.88 – $584.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $365.00 | $196.88 – $584.00 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $365.00 | $196.88 – $594.22 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $365.00 | $196.88 – $584.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $365.00 | $196.88 – $657.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $365.00 | $196.88 – $711.02 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $365.00 | $196.88 – $584.00 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $367.80 | not published |