Nuclear rx IV admin at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$1,248.80
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.
$1,784.00
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.
$417.46 with CURAECHOICE [6100] vs $3,779.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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 | $417.46 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $481.68 | ↓ -61% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $481.68 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $733.13 | ↓ -41% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $828.00 | ↓ -34% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $828.00 | ↓ -34% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $828.00 | ↓ -34% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $920.00 | ↓ -26% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $920.00 | ↓ -26% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $1,067.20 | ↓ -15% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $1,133.70 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $1,209.28 | ↓ -3% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $1,288.00 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $1,333.99 | ↑ +7% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $1,511.60 | ↑ +21% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,511.60 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,840.00 | ↑ +47% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,889.50 | ↑ +51% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $2,456.35 | ↑ +97% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $3,023.20 | ↑ +142% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $3,023.20 | ↑ +142% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $3,098.78 | ↑ +148% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $3,212.15 | ↑ +157% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,779.00 | ↑ +203% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $3,779.00 | ↑ +203% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $3,779.00 | ↑ +203% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Nuclear rx IV admin at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $995.00 | $338.77 – $3,966.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $995.00 | $338.77 – $3,966.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $523.38 | $59.93 – $573.40 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $995.00 | $338.77 – $3,966.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $995.00 | $338.77 – $2,595.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $995.00 | $338.77 – $3,966.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $633.70 | $47.25 – $349.32 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $1,032.90 | not published |