Excision of anal lesion(s) 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

$18,416.82

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$26,309.74

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.

$840.94 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $4,497.00 with GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] — 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
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $840.94 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $872.42 ↓ -95%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $1,052.30 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,214.19 ↓ -93%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,214.19 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $1,349.10 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $1,439.04 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $1,587.44 ↓ -91%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $1,798.80 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $1,798.80 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $2,023.65 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $2,023.65 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $2,023.65 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $2,086.61 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $2,248.50 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,248.50 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $2,248.50 ↓ -88%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $2,608.26 ↓ -86%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $2,923.05 ↓ -84%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $3,147.90 ↓ -83%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK $3,298.35 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $3,597.60 ↓ -80%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $3,687.54 ↓ -80%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $3,822.45 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $4,026.00 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $4,474.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,497.00 ↓ -76%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital

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Excision of anal lesion(s) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,300.00 $84.00 – $5,488.75
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $4,145.15 – $12,362.00
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $496.20 $760.84 – $1,447.67
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $496.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $716.80 $124.10 – $2,133.47
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington $2,253.00 $2,974.45 – $5,543.00
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $18,416.82 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $17,908.47 not published

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