Inj scleros sol sgl vein 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

$620.00

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.

$1,240.00

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.

$488.56 with Advocate Employee vs $6,291.00 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.

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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
Advocate Employee Commercial $488.56 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare Advantage $603.89 ↓ -3%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $603.89 ↓ -3%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $624.72 ↑ +1%
Cigna One Health Commercial $644.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $668.98 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $706.80 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $720.44 ↑ +16%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $799.64 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $809.72 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $818.40 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $875.44 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $921.32 ↑ +49%
Multiplan Commercial $992.00 ↑ +60%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $992.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $3,181.00 ↑ +413%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $3,686.00 ↑ +495%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $5,437.00 ↑ +777%
United Healthcare HMO $6,291.00 ↑ +915%

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Inj scleros sol sgl vein at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $286.20 $438.84 – $610.33
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $286.20 $1,652.92 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $187.50 $426.48 – $705.72
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $390.00 $307.32 – $6,291.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $477.50 $376.27 – $4,528.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $550.00 $433.40 – $6,291.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $534.40 $33.42 – $310.82
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $187.50 $426.48 – $705.72

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