Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$30,640.64
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$43,772.34
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2,663.39 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $22,604.00 with GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $2,663.39 | ↓ -91% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $4,226.95 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $4,385.18 | ↓ -86% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $6,103.08 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $6,103.08 | ↓ -80% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $6,260.10 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $6,781.20 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $7,233.28 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $7,941.00 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $7,979.21 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $8,823.00 | ↓ -71% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $9,041.60 | ↓ -70% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $9,041.60 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $10,171.80 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $10,171.80 | ↓ -67% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $10,171.80 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $10,488.26 | ↓ -66% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $11,302.00 | ↓ -63% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $11,302.00 | ↓ -63% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $11,302.00 | ↓ -63% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $13,110.32 | ↓ -57% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $14,692.60 | ↓ -52% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $15,822.80 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $18,083.20 | ↓ -41% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $18,083.20 | ↓ -41% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $18,535.28 | ↓ -40% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $19,213.40 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $22,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| 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 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $8,818.69 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $8,818.69 – $25,111.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,407.60 | $2,158.32 – $3,577.95 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,407.60 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,614.40 | $583.24 – $4,538.91 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $37,006.57 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $30,640.64 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $30,679.12 | not published |