Valvuloplasty mitral 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

$5,805.00

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.

$11,610.00

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.

$4,574.34 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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 $4,574.34 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $6,037.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $6,263.60 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $6,420.33 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial $6,501.60 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $6,536.43 ↑ +13%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $7,778.70 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $8,824.92 ↑ +52%
Multiplan Commercial $9,288.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $9,538.04 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $10,043.17 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +154%
Molina Medicare Advantage $17,141.37 ↑ +195%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $17,141.37 ↑ +195%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $17,732.46 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +274%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $22,697.54 ↑ +291%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +333%

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Valvuloplasty mitral at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,892.00 $4,434.40 – $8,407.35
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,892.00 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $11,775.00 $9,032.91 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,933.60 $1,178.51 – $8,822.52
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $12,885.00 $9,092.34 – $25,111.00
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $17,995.00 $8,951.20 – $28,792.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $5,474.00 – $20,040.97
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $5,567.37 – $22,697.54

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