Brace afo lg left 6607 at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
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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.
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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.
$440.12 with Molina vs $1,061.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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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| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $440.12 | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $440.12 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $455.30 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $582.78 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $933.19 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,008.31 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,061.74 | — |
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Brace afo lg left 6607 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $70.00 | $35.98 – $582.78 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $623.20 | $155.40 – $485.65 |
| OSF Holy Family Medical Center | Monmouth | $2,451.20 | not published |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $1,838.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $367.55 – $367.55 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $440.12 – $660.25 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $440.12 – $1,071.81 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $440.12 – $1,078.78 |