Unlisted procedure pancreas 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

$8,447.60

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.

$12,068.00

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.

$1,108.79 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $5,745.00 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 $1,108.79 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA ALTERNATIVE $1,131.77 ↓ -87%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $1,743.61 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BROAD $1,775.21 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $1,947.56 ↓ -77%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $1,947.56 ↓ -77%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $1,976.28 ↓ -77%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $2,039.48 ↓ -76%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $2,049.82 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $2,049.82 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $2,746.11 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $2,746.11 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $2,746.11 ↓ -67%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA $2,797.82 ↓ -67%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $2,872.50 ↓ -66%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $3,016.13 ↓ -64%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $3,056.34 ↓ -64%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $3,159.75 ↓ -63%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] NWR THE ALLIANCE $3,690.01 ↓ -56%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $4,021.50 ↓ -52%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $4,193.85 ↓ -50%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $4,308.75 ↓ -49%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $4,596.00 ↓ -46%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,745.00 ↓ -32%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $5,745.00 ↓ -32%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] NWR MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] NWR HUMANA MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] NWR BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT not published by hospital

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Unlisted procedure pancreas at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $20,297.40 not published
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,849.60 $547.36 – $1,173.50
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park $548.40 $758.85 – $2,825.00
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria $681.00 $758.85 – $4,983.00
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $23,156.57 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva $8,447.60 not published
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital Palos Heights $20,297.40 not published
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton $8,447.60 not published

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