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B-hexosaminidase ea assay 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

$292.50

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.

$585.00

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.

$16.87 with United Healthcare Nexus vs $468.00 with Multiplan — 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
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $16.87 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $16.87 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $16.87 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO $16.87 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $24.46 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare Advantage $24.46 ↓ -92%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $25.31 ↓ -91%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $32.39 ↓ -89%
Cigna One Health Commercial $77.38 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $77.38 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $81.86 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $88.44 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial $91.42 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $93.13 ↓ -68%
Advocate Employee Commercial $230.49 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $425.30 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $432.32 ↑ +48%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $468.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $468.00 ↑ +60%

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B-hexosaminidase ea assay at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $292.50 $16.87 – $468.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $292.50 $16.87 – $468.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $292.50 $16.87 – $468.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $64.28 $3.50 – $35.43
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $292.50 $16.87 – $468.00
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $292.50 $16.87 – $526.50
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest $292.50 $16.87 – $569.79
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $292.50 $16.87 – $468.00

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