Bronchoscopy bronch stents 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

$30,567.10

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$43,667.29

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.

$297.45 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $4,551.00 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
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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $297.45 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $297.45 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $698.66 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $713.14 ↓ -98%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,098.67 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,118.58 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $1,227.18 ↓ -96%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $1,227.18 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,245.28 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $1,285.10 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $1,291.62 ↓ -96%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $1,291.62 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $1,730.36 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $1,730.36 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $1,730.36 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $1,762.94 ↓ -94%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,810.00 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $1,900.50 ↓ -94%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $1,925.84 ↓ -94%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $2,325.13 ↓ -92%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $2,534.00 ↓ -92%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $2,642.60 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $2,715.00 ↓ -91%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $2,896.00 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $3,620.00 ↓ -88%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,620.00 ↓ -88%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $4,551.00 ↓ -85%
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
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy bronch stents at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $30,567.10 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $556.00 $194.03 – $5,385.41
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $31,585.18 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $2,534.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $29,300.73 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton $2,534.00 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $2,534.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb $2,534.00 not published

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