Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$4,960.00

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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.

$9,920.00

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.

$3,908.48 with Advocate Employee vs $25,111.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $3,908.48 ↓ -21%
Cigna One Health Commercial $5,158.40 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $5,351.84 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $5,654.40 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $5,763.52 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $6,477.76 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial $6,547.20 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $7,003.52 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $7,370.56 ↑ +49%
Multiplan Commercial $7,936.00 ↑ +60%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $7,936.00 ↑ +60%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↑ +65%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $8,170.76 ↑ +65%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $8,452.51 ↑ +70%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $10,819.22 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $12,700.00 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $14,716.00 ↑ +197%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $21,695.00 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare HMO $25,111.00 ↑ +406%

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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $6,321.00 $3,170.32 – $8,452.51
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,067.60 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,737.50 $4,150.00 – $9,660.07
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $4,190.00 $3,301.72 – $25,111.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $5,190.00 $4,089.72 – $16,667.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $6,260.00 $4,932.88 – $25,111.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $5,812.80 $194.04 – $4,205.42
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $2,737.50 $4,150.00 – $9,660.07

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