Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge 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

$322.70

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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.

$461.00

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.

$9.89 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $51.25 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 $9.89 ↓ -97%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $15.55 ↓ -95%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $17.37 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $17.37 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $17.63 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $18.19 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $18.29 ↓ -94%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $18.29 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $24.50 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $24.50 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $24.50 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $24.96 ↓ -92%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $25.63 ↓ -92%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $26.91 ↓ -92%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $27.27 ↓ -92%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $32.29 ↓ -90%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $32.92 ↓ -90%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $35.88 ↓ -89%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $37.41 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $38.44 ↓ -88%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $41.00 ↓ -87%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $51.25 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $51.25 ↓ -84%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $27.75 $14.80 – $40.24
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Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $161.49 $10.76 – $24.66
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $282.27 not published
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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $90.39 $10.17 – $23.31
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $15.96 $11.14 – $25.97
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $162.00 $10.82 – $24.80

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