Lens, intraocular (new tech) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$1,601.80
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.
$2,288.29
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.
$134.52 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $3,996.29 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] — 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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $134.52 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $161.57 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $187.22 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $208.03 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $221.89 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $244.78 | ↓ -85% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $277.37 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $277.37 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $312.04 | ↓ -81% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $346.71 | ↓ -78% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $346.71 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $402.88 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $404.26 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $449.34 | ↓ -72% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $450.72 | ↓ -72% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $554.74 | ↓ -65% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $554.74 | ↓ -65% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $568.60 | ↓ -65% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $589.41 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $693.42 | ↓ -57% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $935.13 | ↓ -42% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $1,079.00 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $1,798.33 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $1,798.33 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $1,998.15 | ↑ +25% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $2,317.85 | ↑ +45% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $2,797.40 | ↑ +75% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,996.29 | ↑ +149% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,996.29 | ↑ +149% |
| 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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Lens, intraocular (new tech) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $326.40 | $150.08 – $431.48 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $326.40 | $211.05 – $220.43 |
| HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital | HIGHLAND | $2,376.00 | $450.00 – $450.00 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $3,038.32 | not published |
| HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital | Breese | $324.00 | $242.10 – $300.00 |
| HSHS St. John's Hospital | IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. | $2,376.00 | $89.40 – $150.00 |
| HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital | Mattoon | $2,376.00 | $450.00 – $450.00 |