Brachy src stranded c-131 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$249,168.92
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.
$355,955.60
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.
$20,626.93 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $183,174.31 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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 | $20,626.93 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $24,773.59 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $28,707.59 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $31,897.32 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $34,023.81 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $37,532.51 | ↓ -85% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $42,529.76 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $42,529.76 | ↓ -83% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $42,862.79 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $47,845.98 | ↓ -81% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $49,457.07 | ↓ -80% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $53,162.20 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $53,162.20 | ↓ -79% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $61,774.48 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $61,987.13 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $68,898.21 | ↓ -72% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $69,110.86 | ↓ -72% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $82,428.44 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $82,428.44 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $85,059.52 | ↓ -66% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $85,059.52 | ↓ -66% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $87,186.01 | ↓ -65% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $90,375.74 | ↓ -64% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $91,587.16 | ↓ -63% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $100,745.88 | ↓ -60% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $106,241.11 | ↓ -57% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $106,324.40 | ↓ -57% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $128,222.02 | ↓ -49% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $183,174.31 | ↓ -26% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $183,174.31 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| 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 | — |
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Brachy src stranded c-131 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $156.40 – $207.09 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $156.40 – $207.09 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $202.50 | $102.06 – $324.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $202.50 | $141.35 – $324.00 |
| HSHS St. John's Hospital | IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. | $159.12 | $119.11 – $2,925.13 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $112.44 – $168.65 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $107.86 – $8,775.95 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $156.40 – $207.09 |