Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set 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

$1,877.97

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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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$2,682.81

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.

$186.40 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $965.81 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

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 $186.40 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $190.26 ↓ -90%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $282.02 ↓ -85%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $282.02 ↓ -85%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $293.12 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $298.44 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $327.41 ↓ -83%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $327.41 ↓ -83%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $332.24 ↓ -82%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $342.86 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $344.60 ↓ -82%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $344.60 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $457.79 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $461.66 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $461.66 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $461.66 ↓ -75%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $482.91 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $508.98 ↓ -73%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $513.81 ↓ -73%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $608.46 ↓ -68%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $620.34 ↓ -67%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $705.04 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $724.36 ↓ -61%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $772.65 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $965.81 ↓ -49%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $965.81 ↓ -49%
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
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,396.43 $703.80 – $2,234.28
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $4,563.77 not published
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $614.15 $410.25 – $982.64
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $695.40 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $1,898.33 $861.84 – $3,037.32
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge $1,898.33 $723.65 – $1,658.80
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin $1,397.83 $880.63 – $2,516.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $695.40 not published

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