Brace knee postop tscope xl at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$176.02
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.
$251.46
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.
$75.17 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $734.98 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] — 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 | $75.17 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $90.28 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $97.15 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $116.24 | ↓ -34% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $123.99 | ↓ -30% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $136.78 | ↓ -22% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $138.30 | ↓ -21% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $154.99 | ↓ -12% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $154.99 | ↓ -12% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $171.99 | ↓ -2% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $174.37 | ↓ -1% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $193.74 | ↑ +10% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $193.74 | ↑ +10% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $198.44 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $225.13 | ↑ +28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $225.90 | ↑ +28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $251.09 | ↑ +43% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $251.86 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $309.98 | ↑ +76% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $309.98 | ↑ +76% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $317.73 | ↑ +81% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $329.36 | ↑ +87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $330.74 | ↑ +88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $330.74 | ↑ +88% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $359.80 | ↑ +104% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $367.49 | ↑ +109% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $387.48 | ↑ +120% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $387.48 | ↑ +120% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $387.48 | ↑ +120% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $426.29 | ↑ +142% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $514.49 | ↑ +192% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $734.98 | ↑ +318% |
| 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 | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Brace knee postop tscope xl at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $1,463.47 – $1,937.84 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $1,463.47 – $1,937.84 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $522.59 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital | McHenry | $255.82 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $1,086.64 – $1,086.64 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $1,463.47 – $1,937.84 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $1,463.47 – $1,937.84 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $1,463.47 – $1,937.84 |