Ins/rpl prph sac/gstr npg/r 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

$66,205.44

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.

$94,579.20

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.

$2,451.20 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $20,257.00 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 $2,451.20 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,542.95 ↓ -96%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $3,067.27 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $3,539.16 ↓ -95%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $3,539.16 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $3,932.40 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $4,194.56 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $4,627.12 ↓ -93%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $5,243.20 ↓ -92%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $5,243.20 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $5,898.60 ↓ -91%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $5,898.60 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $5,898.60 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $6,082.11 ↓ -91%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $6,554.00 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $6,554.00 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $6,554.00 ↓ -90%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $7,602.64 ↓ -89%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $8,520.20 ↓ -87%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $9,175.60 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $10,486.40 ↓ -84%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $10,748.56 ↓ -84%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $11,141.80 ↓ -83%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $13,108.00 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $18,231.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $20,257.00 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH 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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Ins/rpl prph sac/gstr npg/r at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $32,413.39 – $97,131.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $32,413.39 – $97,131.00
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $4,341.70 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $4,341.70 not published
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $109,523.29 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $86,186.39 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $44,669.23 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton $9,175.60 not published

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