Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$275.00
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.
$550.00
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.
$84.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $306.66 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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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $84.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $94.00 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $98.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $100.00 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $144.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $149.72 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $166.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $194.83 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $194.83 | ↓ -29% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $201.55 | ↓ -27% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $254.60 | ↓ -7% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $257.99 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $268.28 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $269.42 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $273.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $291.46 | ↑ +6% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $304.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $306.66 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $241.20 | $59.84 – $172.04 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $241.20 | $84.15 – $87.89 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $62.50 | $139.58 – $230.97 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $275.00 | $94.00 – $304.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $275.00 | $84.00 – $304.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $438.40 | $42.92 – $118.19 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $62.50 | $139.58 – $230.97 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $146.85 | $142.58 – $149.71 |