Revision tips at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$47,730.07
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.
$68,185.81
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.
$30.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $21,113.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $30.00 | ↓ -100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $30.00 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,899.17 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $1,970.26 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2,742.12 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $3,046.80 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $3,249.92 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $3,585.07 | ↓ -92% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $4,062.40 | ↓ -91% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $4,062.40 | ↓ -91% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $4,570.20 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $4,712.38 | ↓ -90% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $4,940.44 | ↓ -90% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $5,078.00 | ↓ -89% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $5,078.00 | ↓ -89% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $5,700.51 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $6,601.40 | ↓ -86% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $8,124.80 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $8,124.80 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $8,327.92 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $8,632.60 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $9,500.85 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $9,500.85 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,156.00 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $10,556.50 | ↓ -78% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $12,245.54 | ↓ -74% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $14,779.10 | ↓ -69% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $21,113.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $21,113.00 | ↓ -56% |
| 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 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Revision tips at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $8,160.00 | $6,430.08 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $4,340.00 | $3,419.92 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $3,665.00 | $2,888.02 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $6,010.00 | $4,735.88 – $24,503.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $15,049.60 | $332.33 – $5,586.78 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $6,980.00 | $5,500.24 – $47,462.00 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $8,760.00 | $6,499.92 – $19,537.00 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $4,340.00 | $3,419.92 – $47,462.00 |