Cath steerable flex adv 12f 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

$3,881.11

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.

$5,544.45

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.

$10.44 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $54.09 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 $10.44 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $10.66 ↓ -100%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $16.42 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $16.71 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $18.34 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $18.34 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $18.61 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $19.20 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $19.30 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $19.30 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $25.64 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $25.86 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $25.86 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $25.86 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $26.34 ↓ -99%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $27.05 ↓ -99%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $28.40 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $28.51 ↓ -99%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $28.78 ↓ -99%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $34.08 ↓ -99%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $34.74 ↓ -99%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $37.86 ↓ -99%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $39.49 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $40.57 ↓ -99%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $43.27 ↓ -99%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $54.09 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $54.09 ↓ -99%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Cath steerable flex adv 12f at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,925.00 $2.56 – $7.36
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,925.00 $3.60 – $3.76
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $2,515.50 $550.90 – $1,262.80
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $12,564.40 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $3,029.00 $1,968.94 – $3,997.84
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $2,522.00 $619.01 – $1,418.94
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $3,180.37 $1,077.35 – $2,095.07
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,451.50 $1,757.22 – $4,098.49

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →