Electrd sq emblem s-icd at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$36,562.42
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.
$52,232.03
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.
$2,242.06 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $17,434.00 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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $2,242.06 | ↓ -94% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $2,616.96 | ↓ -93% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,692.78 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2,897.44 | ↓ -92% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,019.56 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $3,467.10 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $3,698.24 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $4,079.62 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $4,622.80 | ↓ -87% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $4,622.80 | ↓ -87% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $5,200.65 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $5,778.50 | ↓ -84% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,778.50 | ↓ -84% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $6,714.62 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $6,737.73 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $7,488.94 | ↓ -80% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $7,512.05 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $7,845.30 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $7,845.30 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $8,717.00 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $9,245.60 | ↓ -75% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $9,245.60 | ↓ -75% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $9,476.74 | ↓ -74% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $9,823.45 | ↓ -73% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $10,111.72 | ↓ -72% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,731.25 | ↓ -71% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $11,557.00 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $11,557.00 | ↓ -68% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,557.00 | ↓ -68% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $12,203.80 | ↓ -67% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $17,434.00 | ↓ -52% |
| 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 | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $10,206.00 | $5,400.00 – $14,681.25 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $10,206.00 | $7,593.75 – $7,931.25 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $4,016.25 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $10,160.15 | $2,185.09 – $6,936.80 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $8,492.85 | $3,634.94 – $13,588.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $10,240.00 | $3,468.80 – $6,745.60 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $4,016.25 | not published |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $7,815.50 | $3,689.10 – $8,456.40 |