Amifostine 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

$5,560.27

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.

$7,943.25

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.

$1,166.96 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $7,943.25 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $1,166.96 ↓ -79%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,624.12 ↓ -71%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $1,804.58 ↓ -68%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $1,858.72 ↓ -67%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $2,123.38 ↓ -62%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $2,144.68 ↓ -61%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $2,406.10 ↓ -57%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $2,406.10 ↓ -57%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $2,706.86 ↓ -51%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $3,007.63 ↓ -46%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $3,007.63 ↓ -46%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $3,574.46 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $3,574.46 ↓ -36%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $3,909.91 ↓ -30%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $3,971.63 ↓ -29%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $4,607.09 ↓ -17%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $4,812.20 ↓ -13%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $4,812.20 ↓ -13%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $4,932.51 ↓ -11%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $5,112.96 ↓ -8%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $5,560.28 ↑ +0%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $6,015.25 ↑ +8%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $7,943.25 ↑ +43%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $7,943.25 ↑ +43%
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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Amifostine at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $1,343.28 – $2,751.69
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $1,343.28 – $2,751.69
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Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $1,332.56 not published
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Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $9,360.22 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $5,560.27 not published

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