Bx/exc lymph node/open/deep cervic 38510 at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$40,872.78
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.
$58,389.69
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.
$1,788.50 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $14,275.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | $1,788.50 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $1,987.50 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $2,755.08 | ↓ -93% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $2,812.18 | ↓ -93% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $4,332.46 | ↓ -89% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $4,410.98 | ↓ -89% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $4,655.08 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $4,655.08 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $4,910.60 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $5,039.08 | ↓ -88% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $5,039.08 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $5,067.63 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $6,423.75 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $6,423.75 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $6,423.75 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $6,951.93 | ↓ -83% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $7,137.50 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $7,494.38 | ↓ -82% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $7,594.30 | ↓ -81% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $9,102.00 | ↓ -78% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $9,168.83 | ↓ -78% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $9,992.50 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $10,420.75 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $10,706.25 | ↓ -74% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $11,420.00 | ↓ -72% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $14,275.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $14,275.00 | ↓ -65% |
| 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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Bx/exc lymph node/open/deep cervic 38510 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $993.60 | $1,523.52 – $3,264.24 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $993.60 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $24,620.88 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $2,579.20 | $373.67 – $2,979.03 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $31,087.29 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $24,620.88 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $35,788.09 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital | Wheaton | $9,992.50 | not published |