Felbamate (felbatol(r)) - sendout at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge

1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$280.00

Cash price

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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.

$560.00

Gross charge

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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.

$18.64 with United Healthcare Charter vs $459.76 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $18.64 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $18.64 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $18.64 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HMO $18.64 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage $27.03 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $27.03 ↓ -90%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $27.96 ↓ -90%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $35.79 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial $84.82 ↓ -70%
Cigna One Health Commercial $84.82 ↓ -70%
Advocate Employee Commercial $220.64 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $302.12 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $404.32 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $407.12 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $413.84 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $436.80 ↑ +56%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $448.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $448.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $459.76 ↑ +64%

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Felbamate (felbatol(r)) - sendout at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $40.80 $9.87 – $62.56
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $47.40 $18.64 – $37.13
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $280.00 $18.64 – $448.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $280.00 $18.64 – $448.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $280.00 $18.64 – $448.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $66.43 $3.50 – $36.62
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $14.30 $18.64 – $19.57
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $280.00 $18.64 – $455.84

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