Ascenda two piece catheter at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$42,575.53
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.
$60,822.18
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.
$156.94 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $21,709.05 with HEALTHLINK [125] — 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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $156.94 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $188.49 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $202.82 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $242.70 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $258.88 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $285.57 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $323.60 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $323.60 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $364.05 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $404.50 | ↓ -99% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $404.50 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $470.02 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $471.64 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $524.23 | ↓ -99% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $525.84 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $647.19 | ↓ -98% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $647.19 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $663.37 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $687.64 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -98% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $803.00 | ↓ -98% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $808.99 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $808.99 | ↓ -98% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $808.99 | ↓ -98% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $926.54 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,544.23 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $1,544.23 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,715.81 | ↓ -96% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $1,990.34 | ↓ -95% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $2,402.13 | ↓ -94% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,431.62 | ↓ -92% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $21,709.05 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Ascenda two piece catheter at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $22,288.00 | $10,118.75 – $35,660.80 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $23,222.40 | $11,880.00 – $32,298.75 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $23,222.40 | $16,706.25 – $17,448.75 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $21,672.00 | $9,405.40 – $29,858.40 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $22,792.00 | $9,754.98 – $36,467.20 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $25,888.26 | $8,769.65 – $17,053.89 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $22,288.00 | $15,557.02 – $35,660.80 |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $2,402.13 | not published |