Car-t therapy receipt & prepj car-t cells f/admn 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

$3,057.60

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.

$4,368.00

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.

$368.02 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $1,897.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $368.02 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $442.00 ↓ -86%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $512.19 ↓ -83%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $569.10 ↓ -81%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $607.04 ↓ -80%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $669.64 ↓ -78%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $758.80 ↓ -75%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $758.80 ↓ -75%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $853.65 ↓ -72%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $948.50 ↓ -69%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $948.50 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $1,102.16 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $1,105.95 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $1,229.26 ↓ -60%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $1,233.05 ↓ -60%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $1,517.60 ↓ -50%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $1,517.60 ↓ -50%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $1,555.54 ↓ -49%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $1,612.45 ↓ -47%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $1,897.00 ↓ -38%
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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital

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Car-t therapy receipt & prepj car-t cells f/admn at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $185.00 $129.13 – $296.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island not published $64.05 – $76.25
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park not published $785.00 – $785.00
OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana Danville not published $4,342.00 – $4,342.00
OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton not published $93.93 – $93.93
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford not published $5,243.00 – $5,543.00
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington not published $5,543.00 – $5,543.00
OSF Healthcare Saint Katharine Medical Center Dixon not published $1,757.00 – $1,757.00

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