Bln press regulation 71-80cm 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

$19,212.37

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.

$27,446.25

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.

$2,353.14 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $12,192.44 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] NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,353.14 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,401.91 ↓ -87%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $3,560.19 ↓ -81%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $3,560.19 ↓ -81%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $3,700.41 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $3,767.46 ↓ -80%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $4,133.24 ↓ -78%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $4,133.24 ↓ -78%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $4,194.20 ↓ -78%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $4,328.32 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $4,350.26 ↓ -77%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $4,350.26 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $5,779.22 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $5,827.99 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $5,827.99 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $5,827.99 ↓ -70%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $6,096.22 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $6,425.42 ↓ -67%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $6,486.38 ↓ -66%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $7,681.24 ↓ -60%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $7,831.20 ↓ -59%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $8,534.71 ↓ -56%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $8,900.48 ↓ -54%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $9,144.33 ↓ -52%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $9,753.95 ↓ -49%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,192.44 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $12,192.44 ↓ -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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Bln press regulation 71-80cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $26,224.44 $13,217.12 – $41,959.10
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $40,704.71 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $29,086.96 $12,449.22 – $46,539.13
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $30,815.46 $20,584.73 – $49,304.74
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $36,448.96 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $28,714.48 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $11,467.45 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $42,520.32 not published

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