Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen mlt lead sys 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

$6,450.00

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.

$12,900.00

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.

$5,082.60 with Advocate Employee vs $47,462.00 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 $5,082.60 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $6,708.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $6,959.55 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $7,133.70 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $7,224.00 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $7,262.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $8,204.40 ↑ +27%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $8,643.00 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $8,862.30 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $9,339.60 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $10,320.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $24,003.00 ↑ +272%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $27,813.00 ↑ +331%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $28,826.23 ↑ +347%
Molina Medicare Advantage $28,826.23 ↑ +347%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $29,820.24 ↑ +362%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $38,169.90 ↑ +492%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $41,007.00 ↑ +536%
United Healthcare HMO $47,462.00 ↑ +636%

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Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen mlt lead sys at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $22,961.40 $7,456.31 – $35,207.48
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $6,000.00 $4,150.00 – $33,438.72
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $17,475.00 $13,770.30 – $38,169.90
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $11,235.00 $8,853.18 – $47,462.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $22,649.90 $322.86 – $14,836.62
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $6,000.00 $4,150.00 – $33,438.72
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $21,780.55 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $11,235.00 $8,853.18 – $47,462.00

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