Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
$3,290.00
Cash price 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.
$6,580.00
Gross charge 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.
$2,592.52 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $2,592.52 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $3,421.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,549.91 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $3,750.60 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $3,822.98 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $4,296.74 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,342.80 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $4,645.48 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $4,888.94 | ↑ +49% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $5,264.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $5,264.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $9,431.44 | ↑ +187% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $9,431.44 | ↑ +187% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $9,756.66 | ↑ +197% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $12,488.53 | ↑ +280% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $12,700.00 | ↑ +286% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $14,716.00 | ↑ +347% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $21,695.00 | ↑ +559% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $25,111.00 | ↑ +663% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,825.00 | $3,014.10 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $5,390.00 | $4,247.32 – $16,667.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $712.80 | $250.13 – $4,854.28 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $5,110.00 | $4,026.68 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $3,865.00 | $2,867.83 – $14,074.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $2,820.00 | $2,222.16 – $25,111.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $4,431.26 – $9,756.66 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $915.00 – $12,000.99 |