Guide wire threaded 1.4x150mm at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$90,142.50
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.
$128,775.00
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.
$0.81 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $16.15 with HEALTHLINK [125] — 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 | $0.81 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $0.97 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $1.04 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $1.25 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $1.33 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $1.47 | ↓ -100% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $1.66 | ↓ -100% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $1.66 | ↓ -100% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $1.85 | ↓ -100% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1.87 | ↓ -100% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2.08 | ↓ -100% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $2.08 | ↓ -100% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $2.42 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $2.43 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $2.70 | ↓ -100% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $2.70 | ↓ -100% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $3.33 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $3.33 | ↓ -100% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $3.41 | ↓ -100% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $3.54 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $3.55 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $3.55 | ↓ -100% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3.86 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $3.95 | ↓ -100% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $4.16 | ↓ -100% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4.16 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $4.16 | ↓ -100% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $4.58 | ↓ -100% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $5.52 | ↓ -100% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7.89 | ↓ -100% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $16.15 | ↓ -100% |
| 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 | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Guide wire threaded 1.4x150mm at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $2,655.00 | $5.57 – $12.98 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $1,191.38 | $3.83 – $8.78 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,939.20 | $2.56 – $7.36 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $4,939.20 | $3.60 – $3.76 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,047.63 | $0.02 – $0.04 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $8,152.67 | $9.22 – $18.71 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,940.00 | $8.35 – $19.14 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $2,571.31 | not published |