Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution 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

$427.87

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$611.25

Gross charge

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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.

$27.21 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $141.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $27.21 ↓ -94%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $42.79 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $47.80 ↓ -89%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $47.80 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $48.50 ↓ -89%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $50.06 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $50.31 ↓ -88%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $50.31 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $66.83 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $67.40 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $67.40 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $67.40 ↓ -84%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $70.50 ↓ -84%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $74.03 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $74.31 ↓ -83%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $75.01 ↓ -82%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $88.83 ↓ -79%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $90.56 ↓ -79%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $98.70 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $102.93 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $105.75 ↓ -75%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $112.80 ↓ -74%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $141.00 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $141.00 ↓ -67%
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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Carboprost tromethamine 250 mcg/ml intramuscular solution at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $1,533.17 not published
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $1,533.17 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $713.12 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $1,220.80 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $528.50 not published
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb $1,031.97 not published
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St. $459.36 $13.70 – $80.00
HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Mattoon $624.96 $13.70 – $868.00

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