Antibody id rbc panel 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

$250.00

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.

$500.00

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.

$139.30 with Aetna vs $719.96 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
Aetna Commercial $139.30 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $151.44 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $163.64 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $172.31 ↓ -31%
Cigna One Health Commercial $186.02 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial $186.02 ↓ -26%
Advocate Employee Commercial $189.12 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare HMO $283.41 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $283.41 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $283.41 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $283.41 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $348.96 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $354.72 ↑ +42%
Multiplan Commercial $384.00 ↑ +54%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $384.00 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicare Advantage $543.72 ↑ +117%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $543.72 ↑ +117%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $562.47 ↑ +125%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $719.96 ↑ +188%

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Antibody id rbc panel at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $439.80 $44.16 – $562.47
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $439.80 $55.20 – $393.85
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $88.75 $23.66 – $622.27
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $250.00 $139.30 – $719.96
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $250.00 $94.19 – $719.96
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $250.00 $139.30 – $719.96
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $328.79 $24.55 – $599.97
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $88.75 $23.66 – $622.27

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