Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
26W171 Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL · Nm · · NPI 1083660658
$5,385.10
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.
$7,693.00
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.
$3,231.06 with IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] vs $7,693.00 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.
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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| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | MRH IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,231.06 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | MRH IMAGINE HEALTH | $3,231.06 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | MRH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $3,615.71 | ↓ -33% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | MRH CIGNA BROAD | $3,846.50 | ↓ -29% |
| THE ALLIANCE [1703] | MRH THE ALLIANCE | $4,181.15 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $4,192.69 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT | $4,192.69 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $4,192.69 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $4,300.39 | ↓ -20% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | MRH BCBS HMO | $4,495.79 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH BCBS HMO | $4,495.79 | ↓ -17% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | MRH DREYER - IPA | $4,615.80 | ↓ -14% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | MRH UNIVERSITY OF IL MED CENTER - IPA | $4,615.80 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH DREYER - IPA | $4,615.80 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH UNIVERSITY OF IL MED CENTER - IPA | $4,615.80 | ↓ -14% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | MRH CIGNA NARROW | $4,615.80 | ↓ -14% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | MRH BCBS PPO | $4,723.50 | ↓ -12% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH BCBS PPO | $4,723.50 | ↓ -12% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | MRH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $4,846.59 | ↓ -10% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | MRH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MED CENTER - IPA | $5,000.45 | ↓ -7% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | MRH FIRST HEALTH | $5,146.62 | ↓ -4% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | MRH PHCS | $6,154.40 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | MRH HFN | $6,692.91 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7,693.00 | ↑ +43% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7,693.00 | ↑ +43% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7,693.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7,693.00 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | MRH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $7,693.00 | ↑ +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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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $2,997.60 | $372.28 – $4,596.32 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $2,997.60 | $421.38 – $2,348.12 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | $1,350.00 | $366.01 – $605.65 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $1,915.00 | $539.81 – $3,064.00 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $5,385.10 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $2,750.00 | $539.81 – $4,400.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $2,360.00 | $539.81 – $3,776.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $4,776.48 | $100.21 – $2,633.03 |