Dry needling (97799) 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

$210.00

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.

$300.00

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.

$14.48 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $75.00 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 $14.48 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $14.78 ↓ -93%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $22.76 ↓ -89%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $23.18 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $25.43 ↓ -88%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $25.43 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $25.80 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $26.63 ↓ -87%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $26.76 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $26.76 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $35.85 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $35.85 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $35.85 ↓ -83%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $36.53 ↓ -83%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $37.50 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $39.38 ↓ -81%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $39.90 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $47.25 ↓ -78%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $48.17 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $52.50 ↓ -75%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $54.75 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $56.25 ↓ -73%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $60.00 ↓ -71%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $75.00 ↓ -64%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $75.00 ↓ -64%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Dry needling (97799) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $21.45 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $21.45 not published
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $210.00 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton $700.00 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $210.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $27.56 – $27.56
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $74.64 – $74.64
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