Imetelstat 188 mg intravenous solution 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

$49,198.80

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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.

$70,284.00

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.

$3,391.25 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $17,571.25 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.

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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 $3,391.25 ↓ -93%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $5,332.87 ↓ -89%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $5,956.65 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $5,956.65 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $6,044.51 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $6,237.79 ↓ -87%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $6,269.42 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $6,269.42 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $8,399.06 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $8,399.06 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $8,399.06 ↓ -83%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $8,785.63 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $9,224.91 ↓ -81%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $9,347.91 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $11,069.89 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $12,299.88 ↓ -75%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $12,827.01 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $13,178.44 ↓ -73%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $14,057.00 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $17,571.25 ↓ -64%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $17,571.25 ↓ -64%
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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Imetelstat 188 mg intravenous solution at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $18,478.85 $59.44 – $6,743.61
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $18,478.85 $57.02 – $3,643.10
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $27,487.40 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $7,956.29 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $7,956.29 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $7,956.29 not published
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $65,179.27 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $28,682.67 not published

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