Place cath xtrnl carotid 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

$55,088.47

Cash price

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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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$78,697.81

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.

$35.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $18,562.00 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.

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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

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
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $35.00 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $35.00 ↓ -100%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $425.00 ↓ -99%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $455.83 ↓ -99%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $525.96 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $525.96 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $3,471.09 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $3,601.03 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $5,568.60 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $5,600.25 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $5,600.25 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $5,600.25 ↓ -90%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $5,939.84 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $6,222.50 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $6,222.50 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $6,552.39 ↓ -88%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $7,218.10 ↓ -87%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $7,424.80 ↓ -87%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $7,424.80 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $8,612.77 ↓ -84%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $8,711.50 ↓ -84%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $9,281.00 ↓ -83%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $12,065.30 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,445.00 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $14,849.60 ↓ -73%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $14,849.60 ↓ -73%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $15,220.84 ↓ -72%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $15,777.70 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $18,562.00 ↓ -66%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $18,562.00 ↓ -66%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
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

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Place cath xtrnl carotid at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,960.00 $2,600.40 – $6,291.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago $2,070.00 $1,304.14 – $6,291.00
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $2,000.00 $1,032.00 – $2,414.00
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,790.00 $941.66 – $6,291.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $7,335.00 $3,202.00 – $10,648.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,765.00 $1,761.18 – $6,291.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $6,517.42 $103.20 – $3,592.73
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $2,000.00 $1,032.00 – $2,414.00

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