Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$8,842.46

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.

$12,632.09

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.

$750.81 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $4,015.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $750.81 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $778.91 ↓ -91%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $939.51 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,084.05 ↓ -88%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,084.05 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $1,094.00 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $1,204.50 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $1,215.50 ↓ -86%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $1,284.80 ↓ -85%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $1,417.30 ↓ -84%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $1,606.00 ↓ -82%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $1,606.00 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $1,806.75 ↓ -80%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $1,806.75 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $1,806.75 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $1,862.96 ↓ -79%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,007.50 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $2,007.50 ↓ -77%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $2,007.50 ↓ -77%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $2,328.70 ↓ -74%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $2,609.75 ↓ -70%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $2,810.50 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $3,212.00 ↓ -64%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $3,212.00 ↓ -64%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $3,292.30 ↓ -63%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $3,412.75 ↓ -61%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $4,015.00 ↓ -55%
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
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital

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Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,300.00 $1,008.89 – $6,071.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $875.00 $689.50 – $6,071.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $695.78 – $1,127.16
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $811.20 $393.65 – $2,573.12
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $400.00 $658.00 – $1,210.52
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,080.00 $851.04 – $6,071.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,050.00 $827.40 – $4,681.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,080.00 $851.04 – $6,071.00

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