Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$9,056.60
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.
$12,938.00
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.
$2,369.25 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $12,426.00 with OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $2,369.25 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $2,410.64 | ↓ -73% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2,733.75 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2,733.75 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,895.26 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $3,727.80 | ↓ -59% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $3,976.32 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $4,386.38 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $4,556.25 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $4,556.25 | ↓ -50% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $4,556.25 | ↓ -50% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $4,970.40 | ↓ -45% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $4,970.40 | ↓ -45% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,062.50 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,062.50 | ↓ -44% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $5,872.50 | ↓ -35% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $6,213.00 | ↓ -31% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $7,087.50 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $7,219.51 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $7,244.36 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $8,052.05 | ↓ -11% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $8,076.90 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $9,940.80 | ↑ +10% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $9,940.80 | ↑ +10% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,125.00 | ↑ +12% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $10,189.32 | ↑ +13% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $10,562.10 | ↑ +17% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $12,426.00 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $12,426.00 | ↑ +37% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $12,426.00 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $6,550.00 | $5,161.40 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $6,895.00 | $5,433.26 – $25,111.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $7,590.00 | $730.48 – $12,940.57 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $7,590.00 | $470.70 – $9,308.80 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $3,250.00 | $5,474.00 – $14,366.26 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,560.00 | $2,805.28 – $25,111.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $9,090.00 | $7,162.92 – $16,667.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $5,245.00 | $4,133.06 – $25,111.00 |