X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) 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

$215.00

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.

$430.00

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.

$121.99 with Cigna vs $634.00 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
Cigna Commercial $121.99 ↓ -43%
Cigna One Health Commercial $121.99 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $133.09 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare Advantage $133.09 ↓ -38%
Advocate Employee Commercial $133.96 ↓ -38%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $137.68 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $157.36 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $170.08 ↓ -21%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $176.23 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $179.09 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $183.43 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $220.00 ↑ +2%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $227.80 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $240.04 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $244.80 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Commercial $272.00 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $293.00 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $549.00 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare HMO $634.00 ↑ +195%

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $231.60 $54.71 – $209.46
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $231.60 $88.05 – $120.79
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $125.00 $36.17 – $151.08
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $375.00 $99.28 – $476.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $345.00 $121.99 – $634.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $190.20 $8.04 – $104.85
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $125.00 $36.17 – $151.08
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $285.45 $93.26 – $97.92

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