Pemetrexed disodium 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital

1302 N. Main Street, Sandwich, IL · Nm · · NPI 1184705931

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$8,064.17

Cash price

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$11,520.25

Gross charge

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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.

$120.03 with BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] vs $1,739.50 with FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] — 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
BLUE CROSS MEDICAID [1612] VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID $120.03 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING SPECIALCARE OF IL [1608] VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID $120.03 ↓ -99%
HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICAID [1310] VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID $120.03 ↓ -99%
COUNTYCARE IL COOK CO [1607] VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID $120.03 ↓ -99%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN HMO [1604] VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID $120.03 ↓ -99%
FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK HMO [1610] VWH ILLINOIS MEDICAID $120.03 ↓ -99%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] VWH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT $330.51 ↓ -96%
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] VWH MEDICARE $330.51 ↓ -96%
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] VWH MEDICARE $330.51 ↓ -96%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] VWH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $441.83 ↓ -95%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] VWH HFN NMH TIER ONE $782.78 ↓ -90%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] VWH THE ALLIANCE $945.42 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] VWH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $972.38 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $1,050.66 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $1,050.66 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $1,095.89 ↓ -86%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] VWH BCBS HMO $1,133.28 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] VWH BCBS HMO $1,133.28 ↓ -86%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] VWH PHCS $1,391.60 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] VWH BCBS PPO $1,421.17 ↓ -82%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] VWH BCBS PPO $1,421.17 ↓ -82%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] VWH HFN $1,478.58 ↓ -82%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] VWH MULTIPLAN $1,522.06 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] VWH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY $1,739.50 ↓ -78%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,739.50 ↓ -78%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $1,739.50 ↓ -78%
HEALTHLINK [125] VWH SEIU HEALTHLINK not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] VWH UHC HMO/PPO not published by hospital
CHOICECARE [177] VWH CHOICE CARE not published by hospital

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Pemetrexed disodium 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $7,202.36 $3.89 – $137.08
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $7,202.36 $3.73 – $74.05
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $3,175.81 $4.26 – $7.06
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $10,869.77 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $3,175.81 $4.26 – $7.06
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook $3,175.81 $4.36 – $7.06
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights $3,175.81 $4.36 – $7.06
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190 $24,700.90 not published

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