Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-cost per sq cm 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

$1,527.88

Cash price

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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.

$2,182.68

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.

$87.53 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $1,280.22 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.

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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
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $87.53 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $100.08 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $101.00 ↓ -93%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $101.00 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $154.77 ↓ -90%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $165.09 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $182.11 ↓ -88%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $206.36 ↓ -86%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $206.36 ↓ -86%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $232.16 ↓ -85%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $257.95 ↓ -83%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $257.95 ↓ -83%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $335.34 ↓ -78%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $412.72 ↓ -73%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $412.72 ↓ -73%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $423.04 ↓ -72%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $438.52 ↓ -71%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $479.04 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $479.04 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $515.90 ↓ -66%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $515.90 ↓ -66%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $515.90 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $576.10 ↓ -62%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $576.10 ↓ -62%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $640.11 ↓ -58%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $742.53 ↓ -51%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $896.15 ↓ -41%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,280.22 ↓ -16%
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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Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-cost per sq cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $155.93 $277.50 – $277.50
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $233.74 – $478.81
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $233.74 – $478.81
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $6,142.80 $342.72 – $931.77
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $6,142.80 $1,561.50 – $1,630.90
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $237.81 $130.56 – $216.04
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $277.60 $63.31 – $162.14
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $237.81 $130.56 – $216.04

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