Implant ureth bulk agent at Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1508315516
$2,787.75
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.
$5,575.50
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.
$359.48 with Ambetter vs $2,436.00 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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| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $359.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $359.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $371.88 | ↓ -87% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $476.01 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $1,062.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $1,199.73 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $1,230.18 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $1,315.44 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $1,324.58 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,345.89 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $1,422.02 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,495.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $1,522.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,583.40 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,612.94 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $1,814.82 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $2,101.05 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $2,436.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $2,436.00 | ↓ -13% |
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Implant ureth bulk agent at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,587.80 | $1,380.16 – $3,752.31 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $2,587.80 | $310.83 – $2,027.11 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,073.50 | $359.48 – $3,317.60 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $3,615.30 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,358.08 | $131.41 – $748.64 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,787.75 | $359.48 – $4,460.40 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $2,052.75 | $359.48 – $2,987.63 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $6,915.35 | not published |