Ipilimumab 5 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$171,180.80

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.

$244,544.00

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.

$11,799.30 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $61,136.25 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 $11,799.30 ↓ -93%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $18,554.85 ↓ -89%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $20,725.19 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $20,725.19 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $21,030.87 ↓ -88%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $21,703.37 ↓ -87%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $21,813.41 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $21,813.41 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $29,223.13 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $29,223.13 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $29,223.13 ↓ -83%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $30,568.13 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $32,096.53 ↓ -81%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $32,524.49 ↓ -81%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $38,515.84 ↓ -77%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $42,795.38 ↓ -75%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $44,629.46 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $45,852.19 ↓ -73%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $48,909.00 ↓ -71%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $61,136.25 ↓ -64%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $61,136.25 ↓ -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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Ipilimumab 5 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $64,192.30 $191.19 – $23,314.77
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $64,192.30 $183.41 – $12,595.34
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $142,745.06 $179.63 – $297.24
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $11,541.94 $210.71 – $360.10
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $226,783.20 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $125,890.10 not published
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest $211,387.56 not published
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb $196,998.20 not published

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