Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$524.30
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.
$749.00
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.
$175.27 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $5,422.00 with MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] — 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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| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $175.27 | ↓ -67% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $202.23 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $202.23 | ↓ -61% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $337.05 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $337.05 | ↓ -36% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $337.05 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $374.50 | ↓ -29% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $374.50 | ↓ -29% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $434.42 | ↓ -17% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $524.30 | ↑ +0% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $749.00 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $1,051.87 | ↑ +101% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,263.33 | ↑ +141% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $1,626.60 | ↑ +210% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $1,735.04 | ↑ +231% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $1,913.97 | ↑ +265% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $2,168.80 | ↑ +314% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $2,168.80 | ↑ +314% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,711.00 | ↑ +417% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $3,150.18 | ↑ +501% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $3,524.30 | ↑ +572% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $4,337.60 | ↑ +727% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $4,337.60 | ↑ +727% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $4,446.04 | ↑ +748% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $4,608.70 | ↑ +779% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $5,422.00 | ↑ +934% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $5,422.00 | ↑ +934% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $5,422.00 | ↑ +934% |
| 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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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $900.00 | $709.20 – $6,071.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $870.00 | $685.56 – $6,071.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | not published | $364.65 – $1,334.18 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,099.20 | $548.03 – $1,685.44 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,375.00 | $891.77 – $6,071.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,195.00 | $562.59 – $4,681.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $875.00 | $689.50 – $6,071.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,910.79 | $107.60 – $1,053.32 |