Brace wrist classic lft sm at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$77.00
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.
$110.00
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.
$2.64 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $157.00 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 | $2.64 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3.05 | ↓ -96% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3.05 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $18.23 | ↓ -76% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $18.23 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $18.23 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $18.35 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $19.83 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $20.26 | ↓ -74% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $20.26 | ↓ -74% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $23.50 | ↓ -69% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $28.36 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $30.46 | ↓ -60% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $36.58 | ↓ -52% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $40.51 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $47.10 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $50.24 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $55.42 | ↓ -28% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $62.80 | ↓ -18% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $62.80 | ↓ -18% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $78.50 | ↑ +2% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $91.22 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $91.53 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $101.74 | ↑ +32% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $102.05 | ↑ +33% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $125.60 | ↑ +63% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $125.60 | ↑ +63% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $128.74 | ↑ +67% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $133.45 | ↑ +73% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $157.00 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $157.00 | ↑ +104% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $157.00 | ↑ +104% |
| 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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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $110.00 | $47.67 – $168.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $56.83 | $86.00 – $86.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $116.57 – $282.06 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $19.80 | $4.80 – $12.23 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $19.80 | $6.75 – $7.05 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $110.00 | $52.92 – $168.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $110.00 | $73.48 – $176.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $134.40 | $33.49 – $128.62 |