X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry, IL · Nm · · NPI 1427065499
$481.60
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.
$688.00
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.
$132.78 with AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] vs $688.00 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 | $132.78 | ↓ -72% |
| MERCY CARE HEALTH PLANS [5013] | NWR MERCY CARE | $208.81 | ↓ -57% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS PPO | $233.23 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PPO | $233.23 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA APCN/SP | $236.67 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA IL PREFERRED | $244.24 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS HMO | $245.48 | ↓ -49% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | NWR BCBS HMO | $245.48 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $328.86 | ↓ -32% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $328.86 | ↓ -32% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $328.86 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA | $335.06 | ↓ -30% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NWR SEIU HEALTHLINK | $344.00 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NWR AETNA ASA | $361.20 | ↓ -25% |
| CHOICECARE [177] | NWR CHOICE CARE | $366.02 | ↓ -24% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR PHCS PPO | $433.44 | ↓ -10% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | NWR THE ALLIANCE | $441.90 | ↓ -8% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PPO | $502.24 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NWR CIGNA BEHAVORIAL BHS | $516.00 | ↑ +7% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | NWR BEECHSTREET | $550.40 | ↑ +14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NWR BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $688.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NWR NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $688.00 | ↑ +43% |
| 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 | — |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NWR HFN PLATINUM EPO | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $128.40 | $54.71 – $174.41 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $128.40 | $44.92 – $100.58 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $187.50 | $42.30 – $151.08 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $165.00 | $94.95 – $634.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $481.60 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $222.50 | $94.95 – $356.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $257.50 | $94.95 – $634.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $255.23 | $7.69 – $140.69 |