Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge

1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$370.00

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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.

$740.00

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.

$107.57 with Ambetter vs $1,435.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $107.57 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare Advantage $107.57 ↓ -71%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $111.28 ↓ -70%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $142.44 ↓ -62%
Advocate Employee Commercial $291.56 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $384.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $399.23 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $458.41 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $488.40 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $495.31 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $521.56 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $537.98 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $546.86 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $592.00 ↑ +60%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $592.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $725.00 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $842.00 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,240.00 ↑ +235%
United Healthcare HMO $1,435.00 ↑ +288%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $109.80 $53.44 – $818.33
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $109.80 $77.19 – $86.01
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $62.50 $75.54 – $124.99
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $415.00 $107.57 – $1,435.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $242.50 $107.57 – $1,200.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $332.50 $107.57 – $1,435.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $146.31 $53.90 – $130.71
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $62.50 not published

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