Idecabtagene vicleucel car 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

$1,498,500.00

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.

$2,997,000.00

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.

$784,827.65 with Molina vs $2,460,537.00 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $784,827.65 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $784,827.65 ↓ -48%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $811,890.67 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $830,699.97 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $830,699.97 ↓ -45%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,039,220.06 ↓ -31%
Advocate Employee Commercial $1,180,818.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,558,440.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,616,881.50 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,701,676.31 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare HMO $1,701,676.31 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,978,020.00 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $2,163,834.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $2,178,819.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,214,783.00 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $2,337,660.00 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Commercial $2,397,600.00 ↑ +60%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $2,397,600.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,460,537.00 ↑ +64%

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Idecabtagene vicleucel car at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,016,000.00 $545,614.26 – $902,855.05
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $304,031.68 $545,614.26 – $902,855.05
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $304,031.68 $557,317.93 – $902,855.05
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $304,031.68 $557,317.93 – $902,855.05
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $37,727.52 – $846,331.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $102,175.82 – $557,393.85
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $784,827.65 – $1,701,676.31
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $784,827.65 – $1,334,154.50

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