Icd crtp serena MRI at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$39,200.94
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.
$56,001.35
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.
$2,721.87 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $32,636.45 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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| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $2,721.87 | ↓ -93% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,140.62 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,140.62 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $4,071.58 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $4,890.09 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $6,296.25 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $6,716.00 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $7,408.59 | ↓ -81% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $8,395.00 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $8,395.00 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $9,444.38 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $10,493.76 | ↓ -73% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $10,493.76 | ↓ -73% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $12,193.74 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $12,235.72 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $13,599.91 | ↓ -65% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $13,641.88 | ↓ -65% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $14,686.40 | ↓ -63% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $14,686.40 | ↓ -63% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $16,318.23 | ↓ -58% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,781.20 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $16,790.01 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $16,790.01 | ↓ -57% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $17,209.76 | ↓ -56% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $17,839.38 | ↓ -54% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $18,929.14 | ↓ -52% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $20,987.51 | ↓ -46% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $20,987.51 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $20,987.51 | ↓ -46% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $22,845.52 | ↓ -42% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $27,622.39 | ↓ -30% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $32,636.45 | ↓ -17% |
| 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 | — |
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Icd crtp serena MRI at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $10,274.37 | $4,664.56 – $16,438.99 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $9,666.08 | $5,249.46 – $5,249.46 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $15,727.80 | $5,210.88 – $14,167.08 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $15,727.80 | $7,327.80 – $7,653.48 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $7,365.92 | not published |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $9,732.26 | $4,807.20 – $15,260.96 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $10,506.71 | $4,407.16 – $16,475.36 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $11,436.05 | $7,486.88 – $17,932.64 |