Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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

$790.16

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.

$1,128.80

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.

$0.01 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $46.92 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.

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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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $0.01 ↓ -100%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $0.02 ↓ -100%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $0.02 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $0.04 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $0.04 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $0.04 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.04 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $0.04 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $0.05 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $0.05 ↓ -100%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $0.05 ↓ -100%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $0.06 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $0.09 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $3.03 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $3.64 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $4.69 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $5.00 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $5.52 ↓ -99%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $6.25 ↓ -99%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $6.25 ↓ -99%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $7.82 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $9.08 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $9.11 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $10.13 ↓ -99%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $10.16 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $12.50 ↓ -98%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $12.50 ↓ -98%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $12.82 ↓ -98%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $13.29 ↓ -98%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $15.63 ↓ -98%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $15.63 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $15.63 ↓ -98%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK $46.92 ↓ -94%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital

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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $180.76 – $444.76
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $180.76 – $441.88
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $104.18 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $332.80 $77.72 – $211.02
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $104.18 not published
OSF Holy Family Medical Center Monmouth $780.80 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $104.18 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $104.18 not published

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