Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$5,063.99
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.
$7,234.27
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.
$1,143.33 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,924.00 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.
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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $1,143.33 | ↓ -77% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,167.03 | ↓ -77% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $1,797.93 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $1,830.52 | ↓ -64% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $2,008.24 | ↓ -60% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $2,008.24 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $2,037.86 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $2,103.02 | ↓ -58% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $2,113.68 | ↓ -58% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $2,113.68 | ↓ -58% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $2,831.67 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $2,831.67 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $2,831.67 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $2,884.99 | ↓ -43% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,962.00 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $3,110.10 | ↓ -39% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $3,151.57 | ↓ -38% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $3,258.20 | ↓ -36% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $3,804.99 | ↓ -25% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $4,146.80 | ↓ -18% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $4,324.52 | ↓ -15% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $4,443.00 | ↓ -12% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $4,739.20 | ↓ -6% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $5,924.00 | ↑ +17% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $5,924.00 | ↑ +17% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | 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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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $4,520.40 | $2,259.79 – $6,931.28 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $4,520.40 | $1,468.00 – $3,790.79 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,750.00 | $3,756.25 – $6,215.65 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,880.00 | $2,269.44 – $17,439.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $6,476.90 | $9.47 – $9.47 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $5,160.00 | $4,066.08 – $9,476.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $3,870.00 | $3,049.56 – $17,439.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,334.92 | $297.65 – $2,745.47 |