Cutter lead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$18,414.06
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.
$26,305.80
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.
$64.45 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $1,008.39 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.
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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| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $64.45 | ↓ -100% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $74.37 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $74.37 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $103.13 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $123.87 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $159.49 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $170.12 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $187.66 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $212.65 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $212.65 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $239.23 | ↓ -99% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $265.81 | ↓ -99% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $265.81 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $308.87 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $309.93 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $344.49 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $345.55 | ↓ -98% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $425.30 | ↓ -98% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $425.30 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $435.93 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $451.88 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $453.78 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $453.78 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $493.64 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $504.20 | ↓ -97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $531.62 | ↓ -97% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $531.62 | ↓ -97% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $531.62 | ↓ -97% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $584.87 | ↓ -97% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $705.87 | ↓ -96% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,008.39 | ↓ -95% |
| 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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Cutter lead at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $930.73 | $611.33 – $1,425.85 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $2,924.61 | $342.00 – $783.94 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,421.40 | $126.08 – $362.48 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,421.40 | $177.30 – $185.18 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,994.32 | $364.28 – $835.02 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,610.75 | $685.76 – $1,392.40 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $3,214.58 | $335.21 – $768.40 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,347.79 | $456.56 – $887.85 |