Esophagoscop stent placement at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$34,925.74
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.
$49,893.91
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.
$1,238.29 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $6,416.00 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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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $1,238.29 | ↓ -96% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,263.95 | ↓ -96% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $1,947.26 | ↓ -94% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $1,982.54 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $2,175.02 | ↓ -94% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $2,175.02 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $2,207.10 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $2,277.68 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $2,289.23 | ↓ -93% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $2,289.23 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $3,066.85 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $3,066.85 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $3,066.85 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $3,124.59 | ↓ -91% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $3,208.00 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $3,368.40 | ↓ -90% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $3,413.31 | ↓ -90% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $3,528.80 | ↓ -90% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $4,121.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $4,491.20 | ↓ -87% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $4,683.68 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $4,812.00 | ↓ -86% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $5,132.80 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | $5,282.00 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $5,868.00 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $6,416.00 | ↓ -82% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $6,416.00 | ↓ -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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Esophagoscop stent placement at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $4,491.20 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $4,491.20 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital | Geneva | $4,491.20 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $4,491.20 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital | Wheaton | $4,491.20 | not published |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $4,491.20 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital | DeKalb | $4,491.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $4,037.31 – $9,307.99 |