Blood Culture Test at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
25 N. Winfield Rd. Winfield, IL 60190, IL · Nm · · NPI 1003864810
$739.90
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,057.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$17.80 with COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] vs $258.00 with MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $17.80 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $17.80 | ↓ -98% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $17.80 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $28.64 | ↓ -96% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $28.64 | ↓ -96% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $28.64 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $28.64 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $28.64 | ↓ -96% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $28.64 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $36.89 | ↓ -95% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS PPO | $45.41 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS PPO | $45.41 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA BP | $77.40 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA APCN/SP | $81.01 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $90.30 | ↓ -88% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS HMO | $105.99 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS HMO | $105.99 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | CDH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $129.00 | ↓ -83% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | CDH VALUE OPTIONS BHS | $129.00 | ↓ -83% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH SAGAMORE HEALTH PPO | $148.09 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $154.80 | ↓ -79% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | CDH MAGELLAN BHS | $154.80 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $154.80 | ↓ -79% |
| DREYER MED IPA ADVOCATE [1409] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $154.80 | ↓ -79% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | CDH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $162.54 | ↓ -78% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | CDH CHOICE CARE | $197.63 | ↓ -73% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | CDH FIRST HEALTH | $198.40 | ↓ -73% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | CDH COMPSYCH | $206.40 | ↓ -72% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | CDH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $206.40 | ↓ -72% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH PHCS/MULTIPLAN | $224.46 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | CDH HFN | $235.30 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | CDH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $258.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB CHS | $258.00 | ↓ -65% |
| HUMANA BEHAVIORAL [185] | CDH LIFESYNCH BHS | $258.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $258.00 | ↓ -65% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $258.00 | ↓ -65% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | CDH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| JOURNEYCARE INC HOSPICE [1275] | CDH JOURNEYCARE HOSPICE | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | CDH UBH BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | CDH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | CDH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB BLUE CROSS CHOICE | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1304] | CDH BLUE CROSS MMAI (MEDICARE) | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Blood Culture Test at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $112.20 | $8.01 – $159.16 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $112.20 | $11.87 – $81.31 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $65.00 | $10.10 – $16.72 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $82.50 | $10.32 – $132.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $739.90 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $105.00 | $10.32 – $168.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $82.50 | $10.32 – $132.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $38.58 | $3.50 – $21.27 |