Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$3,780.00

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.

$7,560.00

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.

$2,978.64 with Advocate Employee vs $17,439.00 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 $2,978.64 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $3,931.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $4,078.62 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $4,309.20 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $4,392.36 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $4,757.47 ↑ +26%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $4,757.47 ↑ +26%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $4,921.53 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $4,936.68 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $4,989.60 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $5,337.36 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $5,617.08 ↑ +49%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $6,048.00 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $6,048.00 ↑ +60%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $6,299.55 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $8,821.00 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $10,219.00 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $15,068.00 ↑ +299%
United Healthcare HMO $17,439.00 ↑ +361%

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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $5,355.00 $2,752.32 – $5,338.76
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $3,481.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $1,875.00 $3,217.00 – $5,481.46
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,865.00 $2,257.62 – $17,439.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $4,610.00 $3,632.68 – $9,476.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $4,215.00 $3,321.42 – $17,439.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $7,996.37 $305.90 – $4,408.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,875.00 $3,217.00 – $5,481.46

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