Guide endoanchr sg-64 aaa 62cm 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

$1,494.07

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.

$2,134.39

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.

$265.10 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $1,373.60 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 $265.10 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $270.60 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $401.09 ↓ -73%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $401.09 ↓ -73%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $416.89 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $424.44 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $465.65 ↓ -69%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $465.65 ↓ -69%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $472.52 ↓ -68%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $487.63 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $490.10 ↓ -67%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $490.10 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $651.09 ↓ -56%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $656.58 ↓ -56%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $656.58 ↓ -56%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $656.58 ↓ -56%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $686.80 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $723.89 ↓ -52%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $730.76 ↓ -51%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $865.37 ↓ -42%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $882.26 ↓ -41%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $961.52 ↓ -36%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $1,002.73 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $1,030.20 ↓ -31%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $1,098.88 ↓ -26%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,373.60 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $1,373.60 ↓ -8%
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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Guide endoanchr sg-64 aaa 62cm at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $4,200.60 $2,240.32 – $6,090.87
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $4,200.60 $788.41 – $3,290.47
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $11,325.86 not published
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $3,272.85 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $2,365.52 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $573.91 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $4,268.51 not published
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $968.79 – $2,305.28

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