Sling suprapubic suburetheral 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

$20,884.81

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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.

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$29,835.45

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.

$674.36 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $3,494.10 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $674.36 ↓ -97%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $688.34 ↓ -97%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $1,020.28 ↓ -95%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $1,020.28 ↓ -95%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,060.46 ↓ -95%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,079.68 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $1,184.50 ↓ -94%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $1,184.50 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,201.97 ↓ -94%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $1,240.41 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $1,246.69 ↓ -94%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $1,246.69 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC CORE $1,656.20 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $1,670.18 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $1,670.18 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $1,670.18 ↓ -92%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $1,747.05 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] NWR UHC HMO/PPO $1,841.39 ↓ -91%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $1,858.86 ↓ -91%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $2,201.28 ↓ -89%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $2,244.26 ↓ -89%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $2,445.87 ↓ -88%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $2,550.69 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $2,620.58 ↓ -87%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $2,795.28 ↓ -87%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $3,494.10 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $3,494.10 ↓ -83%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
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

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Sling suprapubic suburetheral at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $3,130.80 $1,197.76 – $3,256.41
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $3,130.80 $1,684.35 – $1,759.21
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $11,775.67 $902.10 – $2,863.80
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $41,628.05 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,712.73 $1,167.91 – $4,366.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $13,837.20 $1,846.69 – $4,423.20
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,119.42 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago $3,791.30 $1,536.84 – $5,416.18

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