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ER Visit (level 2) at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
$232.50
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.
$465.00
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.
$183.21 with Advocate Employee vs $1,214.00 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 | $183.21 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $239.36 | ↑ +3% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $239.36 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $241.80 | ↑ +4% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $247.62 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $250.87 | ↑ +8% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $316.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $338.06 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $343.64 | ↑ +48% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $372.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $372.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $396.08 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $427.97 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $450.65 | ↑ +94% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $614.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $712.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,042.00 | ↑ +348% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $1,049.00 | ↑ +351% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,214.00 | ↑ +422% |
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ER Visit (level 2) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $375.60 | $164.68 – $510.19 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $375.60 | $59.76 – $294.22 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $362.50 | $239.36 – $1,214.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $375.00 | $239.36 – $1,042.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $267.50 | $210.79 – $1,214.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $345.96 | $21.67 – $123.19 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $395.00 | $239.36 – $1,214.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $205.00 | $161.54 – $1,042.00 |