ER Visit (level 3) at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
25 N. Winfield Rd. Winfield, IL 60190, IL · Nm · · NPI 1003864810
$1,808.97
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.
$2,584.24
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.
$132.76 with HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] vs $1,924.00 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.
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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| HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $132.76 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $132.76 | ↓ -93% |
| COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] | CDH ILLINOIS MEDICAID | $132.76 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $213.56 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $213.56 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $213.56 | ↓ -88% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $213.56 | ↓ -88% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $213.56 | ↓ -88% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $213.56 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $275.13 | ↓ -85% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS PPO | $338.62 | ↓ -81% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS PPO | $338.62 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | CDH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $411.74 | ↓ -77% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA BP | $577.20 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA APCN/SP | $604.14 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $673.40 | ↓ -63% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | CDH BCBS HMO | $790.38 | ↓ -56% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS HMO | $790.38 | ↓ -56% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | CDH CIGNA BROAD | $794.61 | ↓ -56% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | CDH HFN NMH TIER ONE | $962.00 | ↓ -47% |
| HUMANA BEHAVIORAL [185] | CDH LIFESYNCH BHS | $981.24 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA | $1,015.87 | ↓ -44% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH SAGAMORE HEALTH PPO | $1,104.38 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | CDH AETNA ASA | $1,108.22 | ↓ -39% |
| DREYER MED IPA ADVOCATE [1409] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,154.40 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,154.40 | ↓ -36% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | CDH MAGELLAN BHS | $1,154.40 | ↓ -36% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | CDH ADVOCATE IPA | $1,154.40 | ↓ -36% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | CDH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,212.12 | ↓ -33% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | CDH THE ALLIANCE | $1,235.79 | ↓ -32% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | CDH CHOICE CARE | $1,473.78 | ↓ -19% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | CDH FIRST HEALTH | $1,479.56 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | CDH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $1,539.20 | ↓ -15% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | CDH COMPSYCH | $1,539.20 | ↓ -15% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH PHCS/MULTIPLAN | $1,673.88 | ↓ -7% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | CDH HFN | $1,754.69 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB EHP IPA | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB CHS | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB BLUE CROSS CHOICE | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | CDH DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | CDH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $1,924.00 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | CDH UHC HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | CDH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | CDH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | CDH HEALTHLAB LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY | not published by hospital | — |
| JOURNEYCARE INC HOSPICE [1275] | CDH JOURNEYCARE HOSPICE | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1304] | CDH BLUE CROSS MMAI (MEDICARE) | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | CDH HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | 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 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | CDH UHC CORE | not published by hospital | — |
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