Knee MRI (with contrast) at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$4,038.30
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.
$5,769.00
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.
$1,113.42 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,769.00 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 | $1,113.42 | ↓ -72% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $1,750.89 | ↓ -57% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,955.69 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,955.69 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $1,984.54 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $2,048.00 | ↓ -49% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $2,058.38 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $2,058.38 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $2,757.58 | ↓ -32% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $2,757.58 | ↓ -32% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $2,757.58 | ↓ -32% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,884.50 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $3,028.73 | ↓ -25% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $3,069.11 | ↓ -24% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $3,634.47 | ↓ -10% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $3,705.43 | ↓ -8% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $4,038.30 | ↑ +0% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $4,211.37 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $4,326.75 | ↑ +7% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $4,615.20 | ↑ +14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $5,769.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $5,769.00 | ↑ +43% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,693.40 | $396.64 – $3,022.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $2,667.60 | $877.31 – $1,393.55 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,050.00 | $586.75 – $1,360.90 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,640.00 | $1,032.28 – $2,300.93 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $4,038.30 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,330.00 | $1,096.00 – $2,984.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,010.00 | $1,096.00 – $2,568.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,520.28 | $71.16 – $2,491.80 |