Cystoscopy & ureter catheter at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

25 N. Winfield Rd. Winfield, IL 60190, IL · Nm · · NPI 1003864810

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

$18,225.56

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.

$26,036.51

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.

$1,472.04 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $10,294.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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] CDH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $1,472.04 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] CDH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,202.92 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] CDH AETNA BP $3,088.20 ↓ -83%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] CDH AETNA APCN/SP $3,232.32 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] CDH AETNA IL PREFERRED $3,602.90 ↓ -80%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] CDH BCBS HMO $4,228.78 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH BCBS HMO $4,228.78 ↓ -77%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] CDH CIGNA BROAD $4,251.42 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] CDH HFN NMH TIER ONE $5,147.00 ↓ -72%
CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] CDH VALUE OPTIONS BHS $5,147.00 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] CDH UHC CORE $5,167.59 ↓ -72%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] CDH AETNA $5,435.23 ↓ -70%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] CDH SAGAMORE HEALTH PPO $5,908.76 ↓ -68%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] CDH AETNA ASA $5,929.34 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH ADVOCATE IPA $6,176.40 ↓ -66%
DREYER MED IPA ADVOCATE [1409] CDH ADVOCATE IPA $6,176.40 ↓ -66%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] CDH ADVOCATE IPA $6,176.40 ↓ -66%
MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] CDH MAGELLAN BHS $6,176.40 ↓ -66%
HEALTHLINK [125] CDH SEIU HEALTHLINK $6,485.22 ↓ -64%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] CDH THE ALLIANCE $6,611.84 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] CDH UHC HMO/PPO $6,886.69 ↓ -62%
CHOICECARE [177] CDH CHOICE CARE $7,885.20 ↓ -57%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] CDH FIRST HEALTH $7,916.09 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] CDH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS $8,235.20 ↓ -55%
COMPSYCH [112] CDH COMPSYCH $8,235.20 ↓ -55%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] CDH PHCS/MULTIPLAN $8,955.78 ↓ -51%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] CDH HFN $9,388.13 ↓ -48%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH HEALTHLAB CHS $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] CDH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
HUMANA BEHAVIORAL [185] CDH LIFESYNCH BHS $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH HEALTHLAB BLUE CROSS CHOICE $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] CDH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH HEALTHLAB EHP IPA $10,294.00 ↓ -44%
COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] CDH MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] CDH BCBS PPO not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] CDH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1304] CDH BLUE CROSS MMAI (MEDICARE) not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH BCBS PPO not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] CDH HEALTHLAB LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] CDH MEDICARE not published by hospital
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID not published by hospital
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] CDH DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP 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

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