Egd remove lesion snare 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

$17,601.32

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.

$25,144.74

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.

$973.69 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,045.00 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 $973.69 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $993.87 ↓ -94%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,531.16 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,558.91 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $1,710.26 ↓ -90%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $1,710.26 ↓ -90%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,735.48 ↓ -90%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $1,790.98 ↓ -90%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $1,800.06 ↓ -90%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $1,800.06 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $2,137.00 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $2,374.00 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $2,411.51 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $2,411.51 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $2,411.51 ↓ -86%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $2,456.92 ↓ -86%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,522.50 ↓ -86%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $2,648.63 ↓ -85%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $2,683.94 ↓ -85%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $3,240.40 ↓ -82%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $3,531.50 ↓ -80%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $3,682.85 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $3,783.75 ↓ -79%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $4,036.00 ↓ -77%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $4,551.00 ↓ -74%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,045.00 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $5,045.00 ↓ -71%
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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Egd remove lesion snare at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $290.40 $445.28 – $988.61
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $290.40 $2,677.41 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $13,244.91 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,170.40 $174.71 – $1,475.78
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $15,605.81 not published
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Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $14,620.95 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $12,688.82 not published

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