Cystoscopy removal of clots 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

$25,490.04

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$36,414.34

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.

$1,068.50 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $12,195.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $1,068.50 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $1,187.00 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,353.64 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,402.42 ↓ -91%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $3,701.18 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $3,768.26 ↓ -85%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $4,195.08 ↓ -84%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $4,329.23 ↓ -83%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $4,351.18 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $4,351.18 ↓ -83%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $4,551.00 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $5,938.97 ↓ -77%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $6,097.50 ↓ -76%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $6,402.38 ↓ -75%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $6,487.74 ↓ -75%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $7,832.85 ↓ -69%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $8,536.50 ↓ -67%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $8,902.35 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $9,146.25 ↓ -64%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $9,756.00 ↓ -62%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $12,195.00 ↓ -52%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $12,195.00 ↓ -52%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS 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
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED not published by hospital

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Cystoscopy removal of clots at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $16,819.68 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,033.60 $257.04 – $2,683.16
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $20,106.10 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton $8,536.50 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $16,819.68 not published
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $1,546.86 – $5,392.91
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $352.00 – $4,189.29
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $576.00 – $6,119.44

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