Carotene at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
$62.50
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.
$125.00
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.
$9.22 with United Healthcare vs $100.00 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.
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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| United Healthcare | HMO | $9.22 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $9.22 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $9.22 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $9.22 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $13.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $13.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $13.83 | ↓ -78% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $17.70 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $41.67 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $41.67 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $45.03 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $48.66 | ↓ -22% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $49.25 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $50.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $51.23 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $90.88 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $92.38 | ↑ +48% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $100.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $100.00 | ↑ +60% |
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Carotene at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $107.40 | $4.42 – $139.84 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $107.40 | $10.60 – $35.72 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $22.50 | $9.03 – $14.94 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $62.50 | $9.22 – $100.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $62.50 | $9.22 – $100.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $62.50 | $9.22 – $100.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $33.57 | $3.50 – $18.50 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $22.50 | $9.03 – $14.94 |