Drng of hydrocele 55000 at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL · Nm · · NPI 1669534517
$2,342.20
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.
$3,346.00
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.
$612.32 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $3,346.00 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.
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] | KH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $612.32 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA NIU | $1,137.64 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,201.21 | ↓ -49% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $1,505.70 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC CORE | $1,679.69 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | KH CIGNA BROAD | $1,763.34 | ↓ -25% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | KH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,776.73 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $1,870.41 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $1,950.72 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $1,950.72 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $1,950.72 | ↓ -17% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS HMO | $1,973.81 | ↓ -16% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS HMO | $1,973.81 | ↓ -16% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | KH THE ALLIANCE | $2,174.90 | ↓ -7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC HMO/PPO | $2,238.47 | ↓ -4% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | KH BCBS PPO | $2,248.51 | ↓ -4% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH BCBS PPO | $2,248.51 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA | $2,255.20 | ↓ -4% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | KH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,509.50 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH AETNA ASA | $2,512.85 | ↑ +7% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | KH CHOICE CARE | $2,529.58 | ↑ +8% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH MULTIPLAN | $2,609.88 | ↑ +11% |
| COVENTRYONE PPO [17110] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $2,877.56 | ↑ +23% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $2,877.56 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $2,877.56 | ↑ +23% |
| COVENTRY [1218] | KH PERSONAL CARE | $2,877.56 | ↑ +23% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | KH HFN | $3,078.32 | ↑ +31% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,346.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,346.00 | ↑ +43% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | KH OPTUM UBH BHS PROF | $3,346.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | KH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $3,346.00 | ↑ +43% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | KH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | KH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING SPECIALCARE OF IL [1608] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK HMO [1610] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN HMO [1604] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CENPATICO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [1603] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | KH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $231.00 | $82.51 – $354.20 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $231.00 | $223.45 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $860.00 | $677.68 – $4,681.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $587.20 | $76.53 – $547.36 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $867.90 | $758.85 – $796.79 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $960.00 | $756.48 – $6,071.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $867.90 | $758.85 – $796.79 |
| OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center | Rockford | $1,182.60 | $124.73 – $2,933.00 |