Ring fx reform 11-13x17mm 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

$1,125.57

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.

$2,251.13

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.

$785.64 with United Healthcare Charter vs $1,800.90 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.

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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 $785.64 ↓ -30%
Advocate Employee Commercial $886.95 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Nexus Commercial $909.46 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago Commercial $972.49 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision Managed Care $979.24 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $995.00 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice Commercial $1,051.28 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,105.30 ↓ -2%
Cigna One Health Commercial $1,125.57 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial $1,170.59 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Medicare Advantage $1,189.88 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,189.88 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $1,192.42 ↑ +6%
Oscar Health HMO Medicare Advantage $1,230.92 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Core Navigate Commercial $1,341.67 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $1,553.28 ↑ +38%
HSTechnology Medicare Advantage $1,575.57 ↑ +40%
Multiplan Commercial $1,800.90 ↑ +60%
Private Healthcare Systems Commercial $1,800.90 ↑ +60%

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Ring fx reform 11-13x17mm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,912.80 $64.96 – $176.61
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,912.80 $91.35 – $95.41
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $614.15 $24.10 – $1,575.57
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $670.53 $1,649.44 – $1,649.44
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $1,189.88 – $2,833.40
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $1,189.88 – $1,786.76
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island not published $350.48 – $1,312.98
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $1,189.88 – $2,919.32

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