Ascenda two piece catheter at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$1,201.90
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,717.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$144.98 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $751.19 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 | $144.98 | ↓ -88% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $147.98 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $219.35 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $219.35 | ↓ -82% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $227.99 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $232.12 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $254.65 | ↓ -79% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $254.65 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $258.41 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $266.67 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $268.02 | ↓ -78% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $268.02 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | $356.06 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $359.07 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $359.07 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $359.07 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $375.60 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $395.88 | ↓ -67% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $399.63 | ↓ -67% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $473.25 | ↓ -61% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $482.49 | ↓ -60% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $525.83 | ↓ -56% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $548.37 | ↓ -54% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $563.39 | ↓ -53% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $600.95 | ↓ -50% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $751.19 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $751.19 | ↓ -37% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Ascenda two piece catheter at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $23,222.40 | $11,880.00 – $32,298.75 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $23,222.40 | $16,706.25 – $17,448.75 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $21,672.00 | $9,405.40 – $29,858.40 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $42,575.53 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $22,792.00 | $9,754.98 – $36,467.20 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $25,888.26 | $8,769.65 – $17,053.89 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $22,288.00 | $10,118.75 – $35,660.80 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $22,288.00 | $15,557.02 – $35,660.80 |