Implant neuroelectrodes at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$17,704.41
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.
$25,292.01
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.
$425.00 with OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] vs $12,624.00 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] — 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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| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $425.00 | ↓ -98% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,360.69 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $2,449.06 | ↓ -86% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $2,954.02 | ↓ -83% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,408.48 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,408.48 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $3,787.20 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $4,039.68 | ↓ -77% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $4,456.27 | ↓ -75% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $5,049.60 | ↓ -71% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $5,049.60 | ↓ -71% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $5,680.80 | ↓ -68% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $5,680.80 | ↓ -68% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $5,680.80 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $5,857.54 | ↓ -67% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $6,312.00 | ↓ -64% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $6,312.00 | ↓ -64% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $6,312.00 | ↓ -64% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $6,955.30 | ↓ -61% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $7,321.92 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $8,205.60 | ↓ -54% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $8,836.80 | ↓ -50% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $10,099.20 | ↓ -43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $10,099.20 | ↓ -43% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $10,351.68 | ↓ -42% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $10,730.40 | ↓ -39% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,624.00 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| 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 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | not published by hospital | — |
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Implant neuroelectrodes at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $9,919.88 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $9,919.88 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $5,225.00 | $4,117.30 – $25,111.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,554.40 | $287.09 – $5,105.68 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $10,323.50 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $10,323.50 | $6,829.42 – $7,170.89 |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $20,166.60 | $6,829.42 – $17,033.00 |
| OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center | Pontiac | $24,595.20 | $6,829.42 – $8,908.00 |