Warde estrogen fractionated 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

$355.60

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.

$508.00

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.

$29.53 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $153.00 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.

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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 $29.53 ↓ -92%
MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] NWR MERCY CARE $46.44 ↓ -87%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS PPO $51.87 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PPO $51.87 ↓ -85%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA APCN/SP $52.63 ↓ -85%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED $54.32 ↓ -85%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] NWR BCBS HMO $54.59 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS HMO $54.59 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $73.13 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $73.13 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $73.13 ↓ -79%
HEALTHLINK [125] NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK $76.50 ↓ -78%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] NWR AETNA ASA $80.33 ↓ -77%
CHOICECARE [177] NWR CHOICE CARE $81.40 ↓ -77%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR PHCS PPO $96.39 ↓ -73%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO $107.10 ↓ -70%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] NWR HFN PPO $111.69 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS $114.75 ↓ -68%
BEECHSTREET [176] NWR BEECHSTREET $122.40 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $153.00 ↓ -57%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $153.00 ↓ -57%
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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Warde estrogen fractionated at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $43.75 $31.62 – $52.33
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $105.00 $32.30 – $168.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $297.50 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $105.00 $32.30 – $168.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $105.00 $32.30 – $168.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $109.28 $3.50 – $60.24
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $43.75 $31.62 – $52.33
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $39.60 $32.30 – $33.92

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