Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

26W171 Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL · Nm · · NPI 1083660658

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

$3,700.20

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.

$5,286.00

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.

$2,220.12 with IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] vs $5,286.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] — 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
IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] MRH IMAGINE HEALTH $2,220.12 ↓ -40%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] MRH IMAGINE HEALTH $2,220.12 ↓ -40%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] MRH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES $2,484.42 ↓ -33%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] MRH CIGNA BROAD $2,643.00 ↓ -29%
THE ALLIANCE [1703] MRH THE ALLIANCE $2,872.94 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED $2,880.87 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT $2,880.87 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS $2,880.87 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP $2,954.87 ↓ -20%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] MRH BCBS HMO $3,089.14 ↓ -17%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH BCBS HMO $3,089.14 ↓ -17%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] MRH DREYER - IPA $3,171.60 ↓ -14%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] MRH UNIVERSITY OF IL MED CENTER - IPA $3,171.60 ↓ -14%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH DREYER - IPA $3,171.60 ↓ -14%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH UNIVERSITY OF IL MED CENTER - IPA $3,171.60 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] MRH CIGNA NARROW $3,171.60 ↓ -14%
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] MRH BCBS PPO $3,245.60 ↓ -12%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH BCBS PPO $3,245.60 ↓ -12%
HEALTHLINK [125] MRH SEIU HEALTHLINK $3,330.18 ↓ -10%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] MRH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MED CENTER - IPA $3,435.90 ↓ -7%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] MRH FIRST HEALTH $3,536.33 ↓ -4%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] MRH PHCS $4,228.80 ↑ +14%
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] MRH HFN $4,598.82 ↑ +24%
AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,286.00 ↑ +43%
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,286.00 ↑ +43%
HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,286.00 ↑ +43%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,286.00 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS $5,286.00 ↑ +43%
ALTERNATE HUMANA MEDICARE ADV [2409] MRH MEDICARE not published by hospital
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] MRH MEDICARE not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] MRH UHC ALL OTHER not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] MRH UHC CORE not published by hospital
GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] MRH MEDICARE not published by hospital

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $1,544.40 $235.87 – $3,022.00
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $1,544.40 $268.49 – $1,209.78
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $950.00 $250.32 – $414.22
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $1,210.00 $365.36 – $1,936.00
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago $3,700.20 not published
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $1,765.00 $365.36 – $2,824.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $1,505.00 $365.36 – $2,408.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $2,729.83 $63.62 – $1,504.82

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