Inj epidural sgl cerv-thor without img at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$2,876.30
Cash price 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.
$4,109.00
Gross charge 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.
$737.84 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $3,823.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $737.84 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $753.13 | ↓ -74% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $1,160.28 | ↓ -60% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $1,181.31 | ↓ -59% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $1,315.11 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,357.17 | ↓ -53% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,364.05 | ↓ -53% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,364.05 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $1,861.80 | ↓ -35% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $1,911.50 | ↓ -34% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $2,007.08 | ↓ -30% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $2,033.84 | ↓ -29% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $2,102.65 | ↓ -27% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $2,455.51 | ↓ -15% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $2,676.10 | ↓ -7% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $2,790.79 | ↓ -3% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $2,867.25 | ↓ -0% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $3,058.40 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $3,823.00 | ↑ +33% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $3,823.00 | ↑ +33% |
| 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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Inj epidural sgl cerv-thor without img at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $190.80 | $292.56 – $750.77 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $190.80 | $2,033.27 – $2,970.16 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $895.00 | $84.00 – $1,432.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $2,876.30 | not published |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $895.00 | $84.00 – $1,432.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $1,510.00 | $88.79 – $832.38 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $895.00 | $84.00 – $1,457.06 |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital | Hazel Crest | $895.00 | $84.00 – $1,743.46 |