Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$5,536.82
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.
$7,909.75
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.
$481.01 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $16,213.00 with OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] — 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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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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $481.01 | ↓ -91% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $583.01 | ↓ -89% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $672.71 | ↓ -88% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,121.18 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,121.18 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $1,121.18 | ↓ -80% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,245.75 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,245.75 | ↓ -78% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $1,445.07 | ↓ -74% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $1,744.05 | ↓ -69% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,781.50 | ↓ -68% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,491.50 | ↓ -55% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $6,485.20 | ↑ +17% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $6,485.20 | ↑ +17% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $10,538.45 | ↑ +90% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $12,970.40 | ↑ +134% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $13,294.66 | ↑ +140% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $13,781.05 | ↑ +149% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $16,213.00 | ↑ +193% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,213.00 | ↑ +193% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $16,213.00 | ↑ +193% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $439.24 – $3,269.45 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $439.24 – $3,248.33 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $2,964.75 | $321.44 – $531.91 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $973.35 | $439.24 – $3,013.63 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $1,800.05 | $321.44 – $531.91 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $1,800.05 | $328.34 – $531.91 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks | Glendale Heights | $1,800.05 | $328.34 – $531.91 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $16,959.60 | not published |