Creatine - sendout at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$76.30
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.
$109.00
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.
$10.23 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $53.00 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 | $10.23 | ↓ -87% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $16.09 | ↓ -79% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $17.97 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $17.97 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $18.23 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $18.82 | ↓ -75% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $18.91 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $18.91 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $25.33 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $25.33 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $25.33 | ↓ -67% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $26.50 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $27.83 | ↓ -64% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $28.20 | ↓ -63% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $33.39 | ↓ -56% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $37.10 | ↓ -51% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $38.69 | ↓ -49% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $39.75 | ↓ -48% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $42.40 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $53.00 | ↓ -31% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $53.00 | ↓ -31% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Creatine - sendout at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $17.40 | $4.42 – $26.68 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $17.40 | $5.34 – $13.63 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $20.00 | $4.54 – $7.52 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $287.70 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $33.57 | $2.78 – $18.50 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $20.00 | $4.54 – $7.52 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | $52.25 | $4.64 – $4.87 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia | Centralia | $52.25 | $4.64 – $4.87 |