Metatarsal joint implant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$11,397.05
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.
$16,281.50
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.
$3,158.61 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $30,883.01 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.
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 | $3,158.61 | ↓ -72% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $3,793.59 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $4,396.01 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $4,884.45 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $5,210.08 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $5,747.37 | ↓ -50% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $6,512.60 | ↓ -43% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $6,512.60 | ↓ -43% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $7,226.62 | ↓ -37% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $7,326.68 | ↓ -36% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $8,140.75 | ↓ -29% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $8,140.75 | ↓ -29% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $8,338.41 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $9,459.55 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $9,492.11 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $10,550.41 | ↓ -7% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $10,582.98 | ↓ -7% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $13,025.20 | ↑ +14% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $13,025.20 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $13,350.83 | ↑ +17% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $13,839.28 | ↑ +21% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $13,897.35 | ↑ +22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $13,897.35 | ↑ +22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $15,441.51 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $16,281.50 | ↑ +43% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $17,912.15 | ↑ +57% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $21,618.11 | ↑ +90% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $30,883.01 | ↑ +171% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $30,883.01 | ↑ +171% |
| 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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Metatarsal joint implant at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | not published | $609.22 – $1,495.15 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | not published | $609.22 – $1,485.49 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $21,618.11 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $495.77 – $495.77 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $609.22 – $1,451.14 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $609.22 – $915.10 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $609.22 – $1,485.49 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | not published | $209.60 – $672.24 |