Bronchoscopy dilate/fx repr at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$44,187.01

Cash price

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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.

$63,124.30

Gross charge

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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.

$727.62 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $10,746.00 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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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $727.62 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $754.85 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,050.57 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $1,167.30 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $1,245.12 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $1,373.52 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $1,556.40 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $1,556.40 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $1,750.95 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $1,805.42 ↓ -96%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,945.50 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $1,945.50 ↓ -96%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $2,394.76 ↓ -95%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $2,529.15 ↓ -94%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $2,763.18 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $2,972.00 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $3,112.80 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $3,190.62 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $3,302.00 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $3,307.35 ↓ -93%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $3,750.00 ↓ -92%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $3,891.00 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $4,835.70 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $4,835.70 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $5,373.00 ↓ -88%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $6,232.68 ↓ -86%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $7,522.20 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $10,746.00 ↓ -76%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $10,746.00 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy dilate/fx repr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $5,572.86 – $17,439.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $5,572.86 – $17,439.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $501.60 $176.55 – $2,868.30
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $1,309.20 $1,471.00 – $7,431.38
OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton $3,347.40 $492.12 – $4,075.27
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford $3,718.20 $219.27 – $13,983.78
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $2,101.20 $219.27 – $13,582.73
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $26,887.17 not published

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