Bronchoscopy dilate/fx repr 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

$18,942.43

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.

$27,060.61

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.

$50.75 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $11,209.00 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 $50.75 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $50.75 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,163.34 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,208.17 ↓ -88%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $3,401.93 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $3,463.58 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $3,799.85 ↓ -80%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $3,799.85 ↓ -80%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $3,855.90 ↓ -80%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $3,979.20 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $3,999.37 ↓ -79%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $3,999.37 ↓ -79%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $4,551.00 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $5,357.90 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $5,357.90 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $5,357.90 ↓ -72%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $5,458.78 ↓ -71%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $5,604.50 ↓ -70%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $5,884.73 ↓ -69%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $5,963.19 ↓ -69%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $7,199.54 ↓ -62%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $7,846.30 ↓ -59%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $8,182.57 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $8,406.75 ↓ -56%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $8,967.20 ↓ -53%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $11,209.00 ↓ -41%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,209.00 ↓ -41%
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
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy dilate/fx repr at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $44,187.01 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $501.60 $176.55 – $2,868.30
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $1,309.20 $1,471.00 – $7,431.38
OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton $3,347.40 $492.12 – $4,075.27
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford $3,718.20 $219.27 – $13,983.78
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $2,101.20 $219.27 – $13,582.73
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $26,887.17 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $7,522.20 not published

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