Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$544.42
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.
$777.75
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.
$132.83 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $688.25 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 | $132.83 | ↓ -76% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $208.88 | ↓ -62% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $233.32 | ↓ -57% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $233.32 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $236.76 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $244.33 | ↓ -55% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $245.57 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $245.57 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $328.98 | ↓ -40% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $328.98 | ↓ -40% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $328.98 | ↓ -40% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $344.13 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $361.33 | ↓ -34% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $366.15 | ↓ -33% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $433.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $481.78 | ↓ -12% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $502.42 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $516.19 | ↓ -5% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $550.60 | ↑ +1% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $688.25 | ↑ +26% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $688.25 | ↑ +26% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $509.77 | $68.13 – $274.11 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $509.77 | $95.81 – $100.06 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $192.08 | $178.62 – $295.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $455.00 | $116.72 – $639.71 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | $192.08 | $178.62 – $295.56 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $634.79 | $148.50 – $368.36 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook | Bolingbrook | $192.08 | $182.45 – $295.56 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks | Glendale Heights | $192.08 | $182.45 – $295.56 |