Mpl gene analysis common variants 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

$605.00

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.

$1,210.00

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.

$150.33 with United Healthcare Charter vs $993.41 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
United Healthcare Charter Commercial $150.33 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $150.33 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $150.33 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO $150.33 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $217.98 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $217.98 ↓ -64%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $225.50 ↓ -63%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $288.63 ↓ -52%
Advocate Employee Commercial $476.74 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $652.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial $683.05 ↑ +13%
Cigna One Health Commercial $683.05 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $873.62 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $879.67 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $894.19 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $943.80 ↑ +56%
Multiplan Commercial $968.00 ↑ +60%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $968.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $993.41 ↑ +64%

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Mpl gene analysis common variants at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $374.40 $129.92 – $574.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $449.40 $150.33 – $297.04
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $105.00 $147.17 – $243.53
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $605.00 $150.33 – $968.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $605.00 $150.33 – $968.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $605.00 $150.33 – $968.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $300.80 $3.50 – $240.53
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $105.00 $147.17 – $243.53

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