Scan duplex extremity veins unilateral/limited study 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

$565.00

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.

$1,130.00

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.

$160.73 with Ambetter vs $1,014.88 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.

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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
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $160.73 ↓ -72%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $166.28 ↓ -71%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $212.83 ↓ -62%
Advocate Employee Commercial $413.70 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $441.89 ↓ -22%
Cigna One Health Commercial $441.89 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $511.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $566.48 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $593.00 ↑ +5%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $703.50 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $741.30 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $756.00 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial $840.00 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $873.00 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $891.77 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $963.83 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare HMO $1,010.00 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,014.88 ↑ +80%

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