Echo stress at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$3,127.60
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.
$4,468.00
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.
$865.80 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $4,468.00 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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| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $865.80 | ↓ -72% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $866.79 | ↓ -72% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $999.00 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $999.00 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,041.04 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $1,340.40 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $1,429.76 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $1,577.20 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,665.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $1,665.00 | ↓ -47% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,665.00 | ↓ -47% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,787.20 | ↓ -43% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $1,787.20 | ↓ -43% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,850.00 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,850.00 | ↓ -41% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $2,146.00 | ↓ -31% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,234.00 | ↓ -29% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $2,590.00 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $2,595.91 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $2,604.84 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $2,895.26 | ↓ -7% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $2,904.20 | ↓ -7% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $3,574.40 | ↑ +14% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $3,574.40 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $3,663.76 | ↑ +17% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,700.00 | ↑ +18% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $3,797.80 | ↑ +21% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $4,468.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,468.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $4,468.00 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo stress at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $1,030.00 | $624.71 – $1,451.63 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $1,244.10 | $536.25 – $925.93 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $828.76 – $1,537.73 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $924.60 | $197.44 – $895.82 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $924.60 | $308.65 – $604.47 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $800.00 | $573.25 – $948.59 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,030.00 | $537.46 – $1,417.41 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,565.00 | $827.34 – $2,504.00 |