Colonoscopy with biopsy at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$10,820.05
Cash price 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.
$15,457.21
Gross charge 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.
$339.59 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $3,480.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $339.59 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $352.30 | ↓ -97% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $479.93 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $490.32 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $544.80 | ↓ -95% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $553.77 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $581.12 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $641.05 | ↓ -94% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $726.40 | ↓ -93% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $726.40 | ↓ -93% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $817.20 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $842.62 | ↓ -92% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $908.00 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $908.00 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $922.95 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $922.95 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,025.50 | ↓ -91% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $1,180.40 | ↓ -89% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $1,189.58 | ↓ -89% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $1,435.70 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $1,452.80 | ↓ -87% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $1,489.12 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $1,543.60 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,816.00 | ↓ -83% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,051.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,051.00 | ↓ -81% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,188.45 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $3,132.00 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $3,480.00 | ↓ -68% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Colonoscopy with biopsy at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $1,782.19 – $6,181.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $1,782.19 – $6,181.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $777.00 | $982.39 – $1,191.40 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $777.00 | $2,660.57 – $2,970.16 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $984.00 | $152.92 – $917.28 |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $7,713.05 | not published |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $10,820.05 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital | McHenry | $10,649.03 | not published |