Endo cholangiopancreatograph 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

$30,473.08

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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$43,532.97

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.

$1,079.26 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,592.00 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.

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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 $1,079.26 ↓ -96%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $1,101.62 ↓ -96%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,697.17 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,727.93 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $1,895.69 ↓ -94%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $1,895.69 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,923.65 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $1,985.16 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $1,995.23 ↓ -93%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $1,995.23 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $2,672.98 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $2,672.98 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $2,672.98 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $2,723.30 ↓ -91%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,796.00 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $2,935.80 ↓ -90%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $2,974.94 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $3,577.00 ↓ -88%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $3,591.74 ↓ -88%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $3,914.40 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $3,975.00 ↓ -87%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $4,082.16 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $4,194.00 ↓ -86%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $4,473.60 ↓ -85%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $4,551.00 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $5,592.00 ↓ -82%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,592.00 ↓ -82%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE 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

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Endo cholangiopancreatograph at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $532.80 $816.96 – $2,650.03
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $532.80 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $33,086.70 not published
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $4,450.00 $3,506.60 – $12,362.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $904.80 $317.76 – $2,959.78
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $28,023.36 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $29,130.81 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $25,429.08 not published

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