Sheath laser cavaclear 14f at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$17,769.57
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.
$25,385.10
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.
$2,889.21 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $25,385.10 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] — 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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $2,889.21 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $4,250.58 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $5,105.08 | ↓ -71% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $5,940.11 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $6,573.07 | ↓ -63% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $6,853.98 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $7,011.27 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $7,734.31 | ↓ -56% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $8,764.09 | ↓ -51% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $8,764.09 | ↓ -51% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $9,859.60 | ↓ -45% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,700.79 | ↓ -40% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $10,955.12 | ↓ -38% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $10,955.12 | ↓ -38% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $11,423.30 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $11,423.30 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $12,692.55 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $12,729.84 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC CORE | $12,773.66 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC | $14,197.83 | ↓ -20% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $14,241.65 | ↓ -20% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $14,723.36 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $17,528.18 | ↓ -1% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $17,528.18 | ↓ -1% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $17,769.57 | ↑ +0% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $17,966.39 | ↑ +1% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $18,623.70 | ↑ +5% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $21,910.23 | ↑ +23% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | NMH Optum UBH | $21,910.23 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $21,910.23 | ↑ +23% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $25,385.10 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
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Sheath laser cavaclear 14f at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $4,516.75 | $3,152.69 – $7,226.80 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $24,249.30 | not published |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $17,769.57 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital | McHenry | $7,490.55 | not published |