Colonoscopy stoma w/snare 44394 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

$9,486.94

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$13,552.77

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.

$455.29 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $2,359.00 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
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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 $455.29 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $464.72 ↓ -95%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $715.96 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $728.93 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $799.70 ↓ -92%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $799.70 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $811.50 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $837.45 ↓ -91%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $841.69 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $841.69 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $1,068.50 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $1,127.60 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $1,127.60 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $1,127.60 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $1,148.83 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,179.50 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $1,187.00 ↓ -87%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $1,238.48 ↓ -87%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $1,254.99 ↓ -87%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $1,515.19 ↓ -84%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $1,651.30 ↓ -83%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $1,722.07 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $1,769.25 ↓ -81%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $1,887.20 ↓ -80%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $2,359.00 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $2,359.00 ↓ -75%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
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

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Colonoscopy stoma w/snare 44394 at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $996.60 $982.39 – $1,528.12
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $996.60 $2,660.57 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $3,809.27 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,044.80 $200.36 – $917.28
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $4,469.49 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $9,269.79 not published
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb $3,809.27 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $430.00 – $2,077.40

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