Thorcscpy w/biop pleura at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$51,250.18
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.
$73,214.54
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.
$1,952.00 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $10,114.00 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 | $1,952.00 | ↓ -96% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $1,992.46 | ↓ -96% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $3,069.60 | ↓ -94% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BROAD | $3,125.23 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $3,428.65 | ↓ -93% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $3,428.65 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $3,479.22 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $3,590.47 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $3,608.68 | ↓ -93% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $3,608.68 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $4,834.49 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $4,834.49 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $4,834.49 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $4,925.52 | ↓ -90% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $5,057.00 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC CORE | $5,282.00 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $5,309.85 | ↓ -90% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $5,380.65 | ↓ -90% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $5,562.70 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NWR UHC HMO/PPO | $5,868.00 | ↓ -89% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $6,496.22 | ↓ -87% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | $7,079.80 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $7,383.22 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $7,585.50 | ↓ -85% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $8,091.20 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $10,114.00 | ↓ -80% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $10,114.00 | ↓ -80% |
| ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] | NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | NWR MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT | not published by hospital | — |
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Thorcscpy w/biop pleura at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $30,889.42 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $630.40 | $221.85 – $4,538.91 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital | IL 60190 | $32,015.37 | not published |
| Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital | Palos Heights | $43,271.09 | not published |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital DBA Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital | Lake Forest | $30,889.42 | not published |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $1,728.00 – $10,495.17 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $8,818.69 – $18,102.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $8,116.00 – $11,677.16 |