Mapping functional cort/subcort ea add'l hr 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

$1,719.90

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.

$2,457.00

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.

$267.91 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $2,457.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $267.91 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $321.77 ↓ -81%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $372.87 ↓ -78%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $414.30 ↓ -76%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $441.92 ↓ -74%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $487.49 ↓ -72%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $544.75 ↓ -68%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $552.40 ↓ -68%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $552.40 ↓ -68%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $621.45 ↓ -64%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $628.56 ↓ -63%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $690.50 ↓ -60%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $690.50 ↓ -60%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $802.36 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $805.12 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $894.89 ↓ -48%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $897.65 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $1,104.80 ↓ -36%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $1,104.80 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $1,105.65 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $1,105.65 ↓ -36%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $1,132.42 ↓ -34%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $1,173.85 ↓ -32%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $1,228.50 ↓ -29%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,381.00 ↓ -20%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $1,425.06 ↓ -17%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $1,719.90 ↑ +0%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,457.00 ↑ +43%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,457.00 ↑ +43%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
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

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Mapping functional cort/subcort ea add'l hr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $250.14 $491.70 – $727.12
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $1,238.92 – $1,409.98
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $1,230.82 – $1,400.87
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $584.80 $98.34 – $381.15
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $915.00 $721.02 – $1,464.00
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $2,044.80 not published
OSF St Joseph Medical Center Bloomington $728.40 not published
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $2,458.80 $89.06 – $89.06

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