Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$52,822.24
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.
$75,460.34
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.
$1,302.91 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $11,873.00 with GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $1,302.91 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $2,013.00 | ↓ -96% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,220.25 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $2,237.00 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $2,303.36 | ↓ -96% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $3,062.40 | ↓ -94% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,205.71 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,205.71 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $3,561.90 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $3,799.36 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $4,191.17 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $4,749.20 | ↓ -91% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $4,749.20 | ↓ -91% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $5,342.85 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $5,342.85 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $5,342.85 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $5,509.07 | ↓ -90% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $5,936.50 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,936.50 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,936.50 | ↓ -89% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $6,886.34 | ↓ -87% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $7,717.45 | ↓ -85% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $8,311.10 | ↓ -84% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $9,498.40 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $9,735.86 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $10,092.05 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,873.00 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $5,787.99 – $12,362.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $5,787.99 – $12,362.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $817.20 | $1,253.04 – $3,264.24 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $817.20 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,140.80 | $391.26 – $2,979.03 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $1,594.80 | $1,471.00 – $7,804.28 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana | Danville | $2,322.00 | $2,059.00 – $4,342.00 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $5,527.80 | $485.08 – $14,685.48 |