Remove spinal canal catheter 62355 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

$2,790.00

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.

$5,580.00

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.

$2,198.52 with Advocate Employee vs $12,362.00 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 $2,198.52 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $2,901.60 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $2,951.63 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,951.63 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $3,010.41 ↑ +8%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $3,053.41 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $3,085.74 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $3,124.80 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,141.54 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $3,548.88 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $3,738.60 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $3,833.46 ↑ +37%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $3,908.36 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $4,039.92 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $6,296.00 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $7,295.00 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $10,757.00 ↑ +286%
United Healthcare HMO $12,362.00 ↑ +343%

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Remove spinal canal catheter 62355 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $447.60 $686.32 – $750.77
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $447.60 $2,033.27 – $2,970.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $660.00 $249.81 – $1,519.18
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $576.00 – $3,389.97
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $2,951.63 – $8,003.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $2,951.63 – $12,362.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $576.00 – $3,389.97
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $2,951.63 – $12,362.00

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