Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$11,262.31
Cash price 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.
$16,089.01
Gross charge 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.
$526.35 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $9,102.00 with MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | $526.35 | ↓ -95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $526.35 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $806.74 | ↓ -93% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $823.46 | ↓ -93% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $1,268.63 | ↓ -89% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $1,291.62 | ↓ -89% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,417.02 | ↓ -87% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,417.02 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $1,437.92 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,483.90 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,491.42 | ↓ -87% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,491.42 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $1,998.04 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $1,998.04 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $1,998.04 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $2,035.66 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,090.00 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $2,194.50 | ↓ -81% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $2,223.76 | ↓ -80% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $2,684.81 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $2,926.00 | ↓ -74% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $3,051.40 | ↓ -73% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $3,135.00 | ↓ -72% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $3,344.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $4,180.00 | ↓ -63% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,180.00 | ↓ -63% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $9,102.00 | ↓ -19% |
| 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 | — |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $609.60 | $934.72 – $1,801.98 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $609.60 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $2,095.00 | $84.00 – $3,451.43 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $17,828.43 | not published |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,095.00 | $84.00 – $3,451.43 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $3,147.40 | $120.22 – $1,735.00 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $2,095.00 | $84.00 – $3,451.43 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $1,690.20 | $1,471.00 – $3,547.71 |