Ablation cryo abd perit om at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$18,480.43

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.

$26,400.61

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.

$403.55 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $6,124.25 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $403.55 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $418.65 ↓ -98%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $425.00 ↓ -98%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $504.97 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $582.66 ↓ -97%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $582.66 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $647.40 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $690.56 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $761.77 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $863.20 ↓ -95%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $863.20 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $971.10 ↓ -95%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $971.10 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $971.10 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $1,001.31 ↓ -95%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,079.00 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $1,079.00 ↓ -94%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $1,079.00 ↓ -94%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $1,251.64 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $1,402.70 ↓ -92%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $1,510.60 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $1,726.40 ↓ -91%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $1,726.40 ↓ -91%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $1,769.56 ↓ -90%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $1,834.30 ↓ -90%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $2,158.00 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $5,509.93 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $6,124.25 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,125.00 $84.00 – $1,876.48
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $1,417.13 – $6,181.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $977.33 – $1,583.27
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,858.80 $724.46 – $2,850.16
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,858.80 $1,962.03 – $2,970.16
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $855.00 $84.00 – $1,876.48
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,950.00 $84.00 – $1,876.48
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $4,476.45 $971.94 – $1,020.54

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