Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
$500.00
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.
$1,000.00
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.
$314.10 with United Healthcare Charter vs $814.94 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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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $314.10 | ↓ -37% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $330.96 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $363.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $365.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $365.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $377.96 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $436.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $453.18 | ↓ -9% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $483.79 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $536.40 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $554.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $610.68 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $620.76 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $621.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $672.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $672.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $716.26 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $773.92 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $814.94 | ↑ +63% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $491.40 | $167.68 – $895.82 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $491.40 | $211.93 – $268.49 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $225.00 | $250.32 – $414.22 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $425.00 | $261.75 – $763.22 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $675.00 | $330.96 – $750.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $470.00 | $293.16 – $781.65 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $454.17 | $22.76 – $250.36 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $225.00 | $250.32 – $414.22 |