Injection jugular at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL · Nm · · NPI 1669534517

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$4,524.10

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.

$6,463.00

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.

$257.48 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $1,407.00 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] KH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $257.48 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] KH AETNA NIU $478.38 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] KH AETNA IL PREFERRED $505.11 ↓ -89%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] KH HFN NMH TIER ONE $633.15 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] KH UHC CORE $706.31 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] KH CIGNA BROAD $741.49 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] KH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $747.12 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $786.51 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $849.83 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $849.83 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $849.83 ↓ -81%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] KH THE ALLIANCE $914.55 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH BCBS HMO $934.11 ↓ -79%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] KH BCBS HMO $934.11 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] KH UHC HMO/PPO $941.28 ↓ -79%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] KH AETNA $948.32 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH BCBS PPO $998.97 ↓ -78%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] KH BCBS PPO $998.97 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK [125] KH SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,055.25 ↓ -77%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] KH AETNA ASA $1,056.66 ↓ -77%
CHOICECARE [177] KH CHOICE CARE $1,063.69 ↓ -76%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] KH MULTIPLAN $1,097.46 ↓ -76%
COVENTRYONE PPO [17110] KH PERSONAL CARE $1,210.02 ↓ -73%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] KH PERSONAL CARE $1,210.02 ↓ -73%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] KH PERSONAL CARE $1,210.02 ↓ -73%
COVENTRY [1218] KH PERSONAL CARE $1,210.02 ↓ -73%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] KH HFN $1,294.44 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,407.00 ↓ -69%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,407.00 ↓ -69%
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] KH OPTUM UBH BHS PROF $1,407.00 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] KH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $1,407.00 ↓ -69%
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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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $780.00 $614.64 – $6,291.00
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $585.00 $308.00 – $308.00
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Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $4,524.10 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $4,524.10 not published
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