Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px 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

$47,928.27

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.

$68,468.96

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.

$1,044.90 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,414.00 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 $1,044.90 ↓ -98%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $1,066.56 ↓ -98%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,643.15 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,672.93 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $1,788.50 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,862.42 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $1,921.97 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $1,931.72 ↓ -96%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $1,931.72 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $1,987.50 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $2,636.62 ↓ -94%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,707.00 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $2,842.35 ↓ -94%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $2,880.25 ↓ -94%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $2,977.70 ↓ -94%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $3,477.41 ↓ -93%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $3,789.80 ↓ -92%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $3,952.22 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $4,060.50 ↓ -92%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $4,331.20 ↓ -91%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,414.00 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $5,414.00 ↓ -89%
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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Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px at other Illinois hospitals

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