Brace ank aftr bioskn med lg 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.
$196.46 with Molina vs $474.98 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 | $196.46 | — |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $196.46 | — |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $203.24 | — |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $260.14 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $417.47 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $451.08 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $474.98 | — |
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Brace ank aftr bioskn med lg at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $16.80 | $25.76 – $28.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $16.80 | $28.00 – $2,970.16 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $271.20 | $67.59 – $216.78 |
| OSF Holy Family Medical Center | Monmouth | $1,524.00 | not published |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $1,143.00 | not published |
| OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center | Alton | $1,143.00 | not published |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $1,143.00 | $109.86 – $483.70 |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $1,143.00 | not published |