An cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$1,430.00

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.

$2,860.00

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.

$1,126.84 with Advocate Employee vs $17,439.00 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
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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 $1,126.84 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,487.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,542.97 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $1,630.20 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,661.66 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $1,867.58 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $1,887.60 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,019.16 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,124.98 ↑ +49%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $2,288.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $2,288.00 ↑ +60%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,334.21 ↑ +273%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $5,334.21 ↑ +273%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $5,518.14 ↑ +286%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $7,063.22 ↑ +394%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $8,821.00 ↑ +517%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10,219.00 ↑ +615%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $15,068.00 ↑ +954%
United Healthcare HMO $17,439.00 ↑ +1120%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,266.00 $638.08 – $5,518.14
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,196.40 $283.00 – $3,790.79
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,625.00 $430.00 – $6,215.65
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,760.00 $1,386.88 – $17,439.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $4,135.00 $3,258.38 – $9,476.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,855.00 $2,249.74 – $17,439.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $7,362.84 $63.17 – $4,058.77
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,625.00 $430.00 – $6,215.65

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