Dornhoffer fixed part w/window 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

$125,316.88

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.

$179,024.12

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.

$1,938.93 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $84,410.24 with HEALTHLINK [125] — 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 $1,938.93 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,328.72 ↓ -98%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $2,479.06 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $2,505.71 ↓ -98%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $2,860.46 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $2,998.35 ↓ -98%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $3,198.24 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $3,528.05 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $3,997.80 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $3,997.80 ↓ -97%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $4,497.52 ↓ -96%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $4,997.25 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $4,997.25 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $5,806.80 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $5,826.79 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $6,476.43 ↓ -95%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $6,496.42 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $6,637.18 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $6,637.18 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $7,374.64 ↓ -94%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $7,995.59 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $7,995.59 ↓ -94%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $8,195.48 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $8,495.32 ↓ -93%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $8,554.58 ↓ -93%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,280.39 ↓ -93%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $9,994.49 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $9,994.49 ↓ -92%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $9,994.49 ↓ -92%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $10,324.50 ↓ -92%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $14,749.28 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK $84,410.24 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital

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Dornhoffer fixed part w/window at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $34,273.75 – $84,045.19
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $34,273.75 – $83,502.19
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $34,328.60 $14,753.17 – $46,835.46
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $107,431.22 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $89,648.70 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $7,416.00 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $125,316.88 not published
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry $61,346.48 not published

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