Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$6,590.32
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.
$9,414.74
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.
$573.40 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $2,971.00 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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $573.40 | ↓ -91% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $585.29 | ↓ -91% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $901.70 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $918.04 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,007.17 | ↓ -85% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,007.17 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $1,022.02 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,054.71 | ↓ -84% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,060.05 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,060.05 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $1,420.14 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $1,420.14 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $1,420.14 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $1,446.88 | ↓ -78% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,485.50 | ↓ -77% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $1,559.78 | ↓ -76% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $1,580.57 | ↓ -76% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $1,634.05 | ↓ -75% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $1,908.27 | ↓ -71% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $2,079.70 | ↓ -68% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $2,168.83 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $2,228.25 | ↓ -66% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $2,376.80 | ↓ -64% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,971.00 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $2,971.00 | ↓ -55% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $1,102.20 | $562.24 – $1,497.16 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $1,102.20 | $320.00 – $993.24 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $575.00 | $430.00 – $1,574.55 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,375.00 | $1,083.50 – $6,181.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $7,104.37 | $51.31 – $51.31 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,490.00 | $1,174.12 – $4,636.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $1,445.00 | $1,138.66 – $6,181.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,510.00 | $95.71 – $832.38 |