Cilastatin sodium injection 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

$57.92

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.

$82.75

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.

$6.74 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $48.25 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.

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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 $6.74 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $9.38 ↓ -84%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $10.43 ↓ -82%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $11.29 ↓ -81%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $12.27 ↓ -79%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $13.03 ↓ -78%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $13.90 ↓ -76%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $13.90 ↓ -76%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $15.64 ↓ -73%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $17.38 ↓ -70%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $17.38 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $21.71 ↓ -63%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $21.71 ↓ -63%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $22.59 ↓ -61%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $24.13 ↓ -58%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $27.80 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $27.80 ↓ -52%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $27.99 ↓ -52%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $28.50 ↓ -51%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $29.54 ↓ -49%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $33.78 ↓ -42%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $34.75 ↓ -40%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $34.75 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $34.75 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $34.75 ↓ -40%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $48.25 ↓ -17%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $48.25 ↓ -17%
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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Cilastatin sodium injection at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $11.40 – $23.36
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $11.40 – $23.36
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $87.44 $32.18 – $87.50
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $87.44 $26.05 – $47.27
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $76.82 $13.96 – $13.96
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $76.82 $13.96 – $13.96
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $76.82 $11.20 – $13.96
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $76.82 $13.96 – $13.96

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