Allograft amnioexcel plus 17mm disk at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital

4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499

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

$9,059.37

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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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$12,941.96

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.

$454.71 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $2,356.00 with MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] — 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

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] NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $454.71 ↓ -95%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $715.05 ↓ -92%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $798.68 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $798.68 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $810.46 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $836.38 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $840.62 ↓ -91%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $840.62 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $843.63 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $843.63 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $1,126.17 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $1,126.17 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $1,126.17 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,178.00 ↓ -87%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $1,253.39 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $1,369.46 ↓ -85%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $1,484.28 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $1,522.59 ↓ -83%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $1,649.20 ↓ -82%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $1,719.88 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $1,767.00 ↓ -80%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $1,884.80 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $2,356.00 ↓ -74%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,356.00 ↓ -74%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Allograft amnioexcel plus 17mm disk at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $4,255.24 not published
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $112.61 $233.36 – $233.36
OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton $1,177.20 $133.36 – $136.02
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $1,166.90 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $1,166.90 not published
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital HIGHLAND $244.80 $209.78 – $340.00
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb $4,654.18 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $130.56 – $216.04

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