Rpr aa hrn 1st < 3 cm rdc 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

$24,476.70

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.

$34,966.71

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.

$2,129.95 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $11,036.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — 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 $2,129.95 ↓ -91%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $2,174.09 ↓ -91%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $3,349.43 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $3,410.12 ↓ -86%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $3,741.20 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $3,741.20 ↓ -85%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $3,796.38 ↓ -84%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $3,917.78 ↓ -84%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $3,937.64 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $3,937.64 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $5,275.21 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $5,275.21 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $5,275.21 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $5,282.00 ↓ -78%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $5,374.53 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $5,518.00 ↓ -77%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $5,793.90 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $5,868.00 ↓ -76%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $5,871.15 ↓ -76%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $6,069.80 ↓ -75%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $7,088.42 ↓ -71%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $7,725.20 ↓ -68%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $8,056.28 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $8,277.00 ↓ -66%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $8,828.80 ↓ -64%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $11,036.00 ↓ -55%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $11,036.00 ↓ -55%
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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Rpr aa hrn 1st < 3 cm rdc at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $476.40 $730.48 – $4,368.30
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $476.40 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $41,679.02 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $856.00 $299.57 – $2,745.47
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $21,043.14 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $39,365.16 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $38,306.23 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton $7,725.20 not published

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