Brach/thor cath 3rd at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$17,140.47
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.
$24,486.39
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.
$425.00 with OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] vs $5,175.00 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.
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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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| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $425.00 | ↓ -98% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $586.62 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $608.58 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $846.99 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $941.10 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $1,003.84 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $1,107.36 | ↓ -94% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $1,210.95 | ↓ -93% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $1,254.80 | ↓ -93% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,254.80 | ↓ -93% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $1,397.25 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,411.65 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $1,455.57 | ↓ -92% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,568.50 | ↓ -91% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,568.50 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $1,828.87 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $2,032.78 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $2,039.05 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $2,328.75 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $2,328.75 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $2,509.60 | ↓ -85% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $2,509.60 | ↓ -85% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $2,572.34 | ↓ -85% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $2,587.50 | ↓ -85% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $2,666.45 | ↓ -84% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $3,001.50 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,137.00 | ↓ -82% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $3,622.50 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $5,175.00 | ↓ -70% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $5,175.00 | ↓ -70% |
| 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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Brach/thor cath 3rd at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,050.00 | $1,615.40 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $825.00 | $650.10 – $6,291.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,265.00 | $661.27 – $2,143.62 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $564.60 | $1,790.87 – $2,970.16 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $200.00 | $1,032.00 – $3,217.00 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $860.00 | $677.68 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $3,140.00 | $2,474.32 – $5,024.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,630.00 | $1,284.44 – $6,291.00 |