Unlisted procedure pancreas 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

$20,297.40

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.

$28,996.29

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.

$1,074.32 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $9,906.00 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.

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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 $1,074.32 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $1,114.53 ↓ -95%
CURAECHOICE [6100] NMHC CURAECHOICE $1,344.33 ↓ -93%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,551.15 ↓ -92%
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH $1,551.15 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA BP $1,723.50 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA $1,838.40 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA ASA $2,027.99 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH CHS IPA $2,298.00 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH ADVOCATE IPA $2,298.00 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC CHWN IPA $2,585.25 ↓ -87%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC SCPP IPA $2,585.25 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC SCPP IPA $2,585.25 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BROAD $2,665.68 ↓ -87%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,872.50 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC UIC IPA $2,872.50 ↓ -86%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMHC UIC IPA $2,872.50 ↓ -86%
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] NMHC GMMI $3,332.10 ↓ -84%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE $3,734.25 ↓ -82%
MEDPARTNERS [6038] NMHC MEDPARTNERS $4,021.50 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) $4,596.00 ↓ -77%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH PHCS PPO $4,596.00 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/20 EPO $4,710.90 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NMH HFN/10 PPO $4,883.25 ↓ -76%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
HEALTHLINK [125] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] NMH Optum UBH $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC CORE $8,916.00 ↓ -56%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NMH UHC $9,906.00 ↓ -51%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA not published by hospital
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT not published by hospital
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT not published by hospital

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Unlisted procedure pancreas at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $1,063.48 – $6,071.00
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago not published $1,063.48 – $6,071.00
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago not published $733.44 – $1,188.17
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,849.60 $547.36 – $1,173.50
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $548.40 $758.85 – $2,825.00
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $681.00 $758.85 – $4,983.00
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $23,156.57 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $8,447.60 not published

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