Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$2,727.20
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.
$3,896.00
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.
$484.61 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $4,569.00 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.
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 | $484.61 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $854.40 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $886.39 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $1,051.92 | ↓ -61% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $1,051.92 | ↓ -61% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,139.05 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $1,370.70 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $1,462.08 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $1,612.86 | ↓ -41% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,827.60 | ↓ -33% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $1,827.60 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,889.55 | ↓ -31% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $1,889.55 | ↓ -31% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,889.55 | ↓ -31% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $2,099.50 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $2,099.50 | ↓ -23% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $2,120.02 | ↓ -22% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,284.50 | ↓ -16% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $2,435.42 | ↓ -11% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $2,939.30 | ↑ +8% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $2,969.85 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $3,655.20 | ↑ +34% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $3,746.58 | ↑ +37% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $3,883.65 | ↑ +42% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,199.00 | ↑ +54% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,569.00 | ↑ +68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $4,569.00 | ↑ +68% |
| 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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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $1,046.75 – $6,071.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $1,046.75 – $6,071.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $778.20 | $415.04 – $2,573.12 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $435.00 | $430.00 – $1,225.43 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $3,594.50 | $158.72 – $1,183.94 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $435.00 | $430.00 – $1,225.43 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $4,248.20 | $756.44 – $794.26 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $4,248.20 | $756.44 – $794.26 |