Destruction anal lesion(s) 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

$13,367.84

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.

$19,096.91

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.

$1,365.86 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $7,077.00 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
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $1,365.86 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $1,394.17 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $2,137.00 ↓ -84%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $2,147.87 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $2,186.79 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $2,374.00 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $2,434.49 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $2,512.34 ↓ -81%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $2,525.07 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $2,525.07 ↓ -81%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $3,446.50 ↓ -74%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $3,538.50 ↓ -74%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $3,715.43 ↓ -72%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $3,764.96 ↓ -72%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $3,892.35 ↓ -71%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $4,545.56 ↓ -66%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $4,953.90 ↓ -63%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $5,166.21 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $5,307.75 ↓ -60%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $5,661.60 ↓ -58%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $7,077.00 ↓ -47%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $7,077.00 ↓ -47%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED 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
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT not published by hospital

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Destruction anal lesion(s) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $475.20 $728.64 – $1,447.67
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $475.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $10,493.81 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $633.60 $121.88 – $1,423.07
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $2,530.00 $84.00 – $4,118.84
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $4,429.80 $1,471.00 – $4,112.55
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $17,351.83 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $22,708.94 not published

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