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Ghs electrostagmgraphy at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
$545.00
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.
$1,090.00
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.
$175.99 with Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago vs $728.00 with Private Healthcare Systems — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $175.99 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $190.16 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $200.23 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $236.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $236.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $244.65 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $312.00 | ↓ -43% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $313.15 | ↓ -43% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $358.54 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $362.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $473.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $490.95 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $532.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $600.60 | ↑ +10% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $617.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $661.57 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $672.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $728.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $728.00 | ↑ +34% |
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Ghs electrostagmgraphy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $275.40 | $135.00 – $422.28 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $275.40 | $93.00 – $215.73 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $545.00 | $173.51 – $728.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $92.80 | $7.53 – $121.72 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $109.46 – $313.15 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $177.60 – $313.15 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $178.77 – $313.15 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | not published | $83.62 – $313.15 |