Sim ang w/prs cath rad emb 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

$12,785.00

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.

$25,570.00

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.

$220.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $22,697.54 with HSTechnology — 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $220.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $293.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $549.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HMO $634.00 ↓ -95%
Advocate Employee Commercial $10,074.58 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $13,296.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $13,795.02 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $16,876.20 ↑ +32%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $17,131.90 ↑ +34%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $17,141.37 ↑ +34%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17,141.37 ↑ +34%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $17,732.46 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $18,052.42 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $18,129.13 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $18,410.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $19,612.19 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $20,456.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $20,634.99 ↑ +61%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $22,697.54 ↑ +78%

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Sim ang w/prs cath rad emb at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $15,000.00 $174.00 – $27,000.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $11,821.64 – $17,732.46
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $11,340.57 – $11,340.57
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $12,111.18 – $20,040.97
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $17,141.37 – $22,697.54
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $17,141.37 – $22,697.54
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island not published $11,112.34 – $18,914.62
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $12,111.18 – $20,040.97

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