Device ablt adv novasure 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

$23,247.00

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.

$33,210.00

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.

$1,093.56 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,666.10 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 $1,093.56 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $1,116.22 ↓ -95%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,719.66 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,750.82 ↓ -92%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $1,920.81 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $1,920.81 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,949.14 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $2,011.47 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $2,021.66 ↓ -91%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $2,021.66 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $2,685.73 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $2,708.40 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $2,708.40 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $2,708.40 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $2,759.39 ↓ -88%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,833.05 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $2,974.70 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $2,986.03 ↓ -87%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $3,014.37 ↓ -87%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $3,569.64 ↓ -85%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $3,639.34 ↓ -84%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $3,966.27 ↓ -83%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $4,136.25 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $4,249.58 ↓ -82%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $4,532.88 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,666.10 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $5,666.10 ↓ -76%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Device ablt adv novasure at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,287.80 $1,220.16 – $3,507.96
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,287.80 $1,715.85 – $1,792.11
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $28,190.08 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $3,471.70 $2,735.70 – $5,554.72
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $5,860.89 $307.92 – $705.84
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $4,452.25 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $5,839.33 $2,714.31 – $6,330.80

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