Graft xenmtrx sft rect 15x20cm 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

$47,324.82

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.

$67,606.88

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.

$25.45 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $131.84 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 $25.45 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $25.97 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $38.50 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $38.50 ↓ -100%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $40.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $40.74 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $44.69 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $44.69 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $45.35 ↓ -100%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $46.80 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $47.04 ↓ -100%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $47.04 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $62.49 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $63.02 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $63.02 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $63.02 ↓ -100%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $65.92 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $69.48 ↓ -100%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $70.14 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $83.06 ↓ -100%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $84.68 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $92.29 ↓ -100%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $96.24 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $98.88 ↓ -100%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $105.47 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $131.84 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $131.84 ↓ -100%
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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Graft xenmtrx sft rect 15x20cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $53,325.60 $43.52 – $118.32
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $53,325.60 $61.20 – $63.92
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $39,129.59 $77.17 – $244.98
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $52,742.91 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,640.61 $148.70 – $555.90
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $13,758.70 $59.34 – $142.13
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,552.40 $864.62 – $1,681.39
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $28,285.86 $203.65 – $717.70

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