Radiation treatment delivery at Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1548375082
$447.50
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.
$895.00
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.
$165.51 with Ambetter vs $2,429.00 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.
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 | $165.51 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $165.51 | ↓ -63% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $171.22 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $193.69 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $209.34 | ↓ -53% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $219.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $220.43 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $285.15 | ↓ -36% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $352.63 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $465.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $590.70 | ↑ +32% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $599.65 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $631.87 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $644.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $716.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $1,039.00 | ↑ +132% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $1,225.00 | ↑ +174% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $2,098.00 | ↑ +369% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $2,429.00 | ↑ +443% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $74.40 | $29.18 – $90.69 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $97.68 | $40.74 – $386.08 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $114.15 – $171.22 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $109.50 – $477.67 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $38.40 – $38.40 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $122.19 – $285.15 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $165.51 – $285.15 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | not published | $38.40 – $38.40 |