Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution 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

$1,533.17

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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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$2,190.25

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.

$24.25 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $283.75 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $24.25 ↓ -98%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $32.00 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $33.75 ↓ -98%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $36.92 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $37.50 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $44.13 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $50.00 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $50.00 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $56.25 ↓ -96%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $62.50 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $62.50 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $72.88 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $81.00 ↓ -95%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $81.25 ↓ -95%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $100.00 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $100.00 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $102.50 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $106.25 ↓ -93%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $125.00 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $125.00 ↓ -92%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $125.00 ↓ -92%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $125.00 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $127.69 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $127.69 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $141.00 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $141.88 ↓ -91%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $164.58 ↓ -89%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $198.63 ↓ -87%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $283.75 ↓ -81%
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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Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $1,533.17 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $713.12 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $1,220.80 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $528.50 not published
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb $1,031.97 not published
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry $427.87 not published
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. $459.36 $13.70 – $80.00
HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Mattoon $624.96 $13.70 – $868.00

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