Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$35,380.93

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.

$50,544.19

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.

$3,238.77 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $16,781.20 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 $3,238.77 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $3,305.90 ↓ -91%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $4,900.11 ↓ -86%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $4,900.11 ↓ -86%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $5,093.09 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $5,185.39 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $5,688.83 ↓ -84%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $5,688.83 ↓ -84%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $5,772.73 ↓ -84%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $5,957.33 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $5,987.53 ↓ -83%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $5,987.53 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $7,954.29 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $8,021.41 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $8,021.41 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $8,021.41 ↓ -77%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $8,390.60 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $8,843.69 ↓ -75%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $8,927.60 ↓ -75%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $10,572.16 ↓ -70%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $10,778.56 ↓ -70%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $11,746.84 ↓ -67%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $12,250.28 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $12,585.90 ↓ -64%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $13,424.96 ↓ -62%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $16,781.20 ↓ -53%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $16,781.20 ↓ -53%
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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Icd crtp serena MRI at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $15,727.80 $5,210.88 – $14,167.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $15,727.80 $7,327.80 – $7,653.48
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $7,365.92 not published
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $9,732.26 $4,807.20 – $15,260.96
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $39,200.94 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $10,506.71 $4,407.16 – $16,475.36
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $11,436.05 $7,486.88 – $17,932.64
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $12,654.16 $4,286.60 – $8,335.93

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