Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$3,448.02
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.
$4,925.74
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.
$220.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] vs $2,872.00 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.
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 | $220.00 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $244.00 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $554.30 | ↓ -84% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $565.78 | ↓ -84% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $871.65 | ↓ -75% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $887.45 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $973.61 | ↓ -72% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $973.61 | ↓ -72% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $987.97 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,019.56 | ↓ -70% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,024.73 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,024.73 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $1,372.82 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $1,372.82 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $1,372.82 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $1,398.66 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,436.00 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $1,507.80 | ↓ -56% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $1,527.90 | ↓ -56% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $1,844.69 | ↓ -47% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $2,010.40 | ↓ -42% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $2,096.56 | ↓ -39% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $2,154.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $2,297.60 | ↓ -33% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $2,872.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $2,872.00 | ↓ -17% |
| 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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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $798.00 | $425.60 – $2,573.12 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $798.00 | $171.00 – $998.72 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $446.25 | $430.00 – $1,535.46 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $630.00 | $496.44 – $6,071.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $2,052.69 | $7.40 – $7.40 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $1,220.00 | $961.36 – $4,681.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,607.04 | $77.19 – $885.88 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $446.25 | $430.00 – $1,535.46 |