Revise windpipe scar 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

$30,217.01

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.

$43,167.16

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.

$2,104.69 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $11,255.00 with GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] — 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
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,104.69 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,183.47 ↓ -93%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $2,234.00 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $2,577.69 ↓ -91%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $2,577.69 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $3,376.50 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $3,601.60 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $3,973.02 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $4,026.00 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $4,474.00 ↓ -85%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $4,502.00 ↓ -85%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $4,502.00 ↓ -85%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $5,064.75 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $5,222.32 ↓ -83%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $5,627.50 ↓ -81%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $5,627.50 ↓ -81%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $7,315.75 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $9,004.00 ↓ -70%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $9,229.10 ↓ -69%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $9,566.75 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,255.00 ↓ -63%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA not published by hospital
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI not published by hospital
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA not published by hospital
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS not published by hospital

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Revise windpipe scar at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $4,901.93 – $12,362.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $4,901.93 – $12,362.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,136.80 $331.96 – $2,522.98
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $6,682.90 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $30,217.01 not published
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $2,196.53 – $5,070.96
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $1,206.00 – $5,948.76
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $576.00 – $5,755.71

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