Cath steerable flex adv 12f 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

$12,564.40

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.

$17,949.15

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.

$11.30 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $87.87 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $11.30 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $13.57 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $14.60 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $17.48 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $18.64 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $20.56 ↓ -100%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $20.56 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $23.30 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $23.30 ↓ -100%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $23.72 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $26.21 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $29.13 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $29.13 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $33.84 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $33.96 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $37.75 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $37.86 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $39.54 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $39.54 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $43.94 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $46.60 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $46.60 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $47.77 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $49.51 ↓ -100%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $50.96 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $54.09 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -100%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $58.25 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $58.25 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $58.25 ↓ -100%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $61.51 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $87.87 ↓ -99%
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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Cath steerable flex adv 12f at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,451.50 $1,757.22 – $4,098.49
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,925.00 $2.56 – $7.36
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,925.00 $3.60 – $3.76
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,515.50 $550.90 – $1,262.80
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $3,029.00 $1,968.94 – $3,997.84
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,522.00 $619.01 – $1,418.94
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,180.37 $1,077.35 – $2,095.07
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $3,451.50 $423.77 – $971.38

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