Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$285.60
Cash price 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.
$408.00
Gross charge 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.
$39.08 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $292.00 with OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $39.08 | ↓ -86% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $45.09 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $45.09 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $56.65 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $68.04 | ↓ -76% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $75.15 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $75.15 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $75.15 | ↓ -74% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $83.50 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $83.50 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $87.60 | ↓ -69% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $96.86 | ↓ -66% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $103.08 | ↓ -64% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $116.80 | ↓ -59% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $116.80 | ↓ -59% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $116.90 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $146.00 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $167.00 | ↓ -42% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $169.65 | ↓ -41% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $189.80 | ↓ -34% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $233.60 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $233.60 | ↓ -18% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $239.44 | ↓ -16% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $248.20 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $292.00 | ↑ +2% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $292.00 | ↑ +2% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $292.00 | ↑ +2% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $297.50 | $17.27 – $484.33 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $357.50 | $17.27 – $572.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | not published | $12.95 – $72.19 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $107.40 | $11.24 – $105.80 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $96.00 | $19.86 – $34.31 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $52.50 | $16.91 – $27.98 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $347.50 | $17.27 – $556.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $330.00 | $17.27 – $528.00 |