Removal of anal tags at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$16,635.83
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.
$23,765.47
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.
$881.82 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $9,102.00 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 | $881.82 | ↓ -95% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $900.09 | ↓ -95% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $1,386.69 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $1,411.82 | ↓ -92% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,548.89 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $1,548.89 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $1,571.74 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $1,622.00 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,630.22 | ↓ -90% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $1,630.22 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | $2,137.00 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $2,183.98 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $2,183.98 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $2,183.98 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $2,225.10 | ↓ -87% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $2,284.50 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $2,374.00 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $2,398.73 | ↓ -86% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $2,430.71 | ↓ -85% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $2,934.67 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $3,198.30 | ↓ -81% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $3,335.37 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $3,426.75 | ↓ -79% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $3,655.20 | ↓ -78% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $4,569.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $4,569.00 | ↓ -73% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $9,102.00 | ↓ -45% |
| 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 | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $511.80 | $784.76 – $1,447.67 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $511.80 | $2,970.16 – $2,970.16 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $9,258.83 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $720.80 | $156.37 – $2,133.47 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $4,230.00 | $84.00 – $6,886.44 |
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park | $2,940.60 | $1,094.00 – $5,532.48 |
| OSF St Joseph Medical Center | Bloomington | $2,881.20 | $2,974.45 – $4,652.00 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $18,101.33 | not published |