CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, abdomen (complete)

Facility: Advocate Sherman Hospital

Billing Code: 76700 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$195

about 1.8× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $115–$356

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$218

About the fair price

about $23 over the fair price · 2.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $195 This hospital $218 Cash price $975 Hospital's list price $1,950

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $69 Priciest $218

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, abdomen (complete) is about $195 (about 1.8× the $107 Medicare rate). Advocate Sherman Hospital charges insurers about $218, or about $975 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Elgin, IL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$192 - $249	180%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$377 - $1,137	353%
Aetnamajor	$404	378%
Cignamajor	$354	331%
Ambetter (Centene)	$161	151%
Molina	$161	151%
Oscar Health	$166	155%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$213 - $852

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 975), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 76700.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Advocate Sherman Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 76700.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Advocate Sherman Hospital

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.