Electrophysiology evaluation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$8,769.60
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.
$12,528.00
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.
$1,976.08 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $11,294.00 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 | $1,976.08 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,373.34 | ↓ -73% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $2,642.80 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2,750.22 | ↓ -69% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,049.38 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $3,055.80 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $3,259.52 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $3,595.66 | ↓ -59% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $4,074.40 | ↓ -54% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $4,074.40 | ↓ -54% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $4,583.70 | ↓ -48% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $5,082.30 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $5,082.30 | ↓ -42% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $5,093.00 | ↓ -42% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,093.00 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,647.00 | ↓ -36% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $5,918.07 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $5,938.44 | ↓ -32% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $6,550.52 | ↓ -25% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $6,600.53 | ↓ -25% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $6,620.90 | ↓ -25% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $7,905.80 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $8,148.80 | ↓ -7% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $8,148.80 | ↓ -7% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $8,352.52 | ↓ -5% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $8,658.10 | ↓ -1% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,186.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,294.00 | ↑ +29% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $11,294.00 | ↑ +29% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $7,115.00 | $1,475.90 – $11,384.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $4,403.19 | $585.75 – $6,308.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $1,466.25 – $6,291.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,694.00 | $895.82 – $4,130.80 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,750.00 | $1,032.00 – $10,750.00 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,965.00 | $1,432.49 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $4,475.00 | $903.71 – $7,160.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $3,015.00 | $1,466.25 – $6,291.00 |