Every published price
Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital
for Lower back X-ray · Sandwich 60548
Paying with
You told us you are paying without insurance, so the cash price below is the figure that applies to you.
The same procedure, at this one hospital, ranges from $246.81 to $1,299. That is not an error, and it is not our arithmetic — it is what the hospital published.
The difference is between insurers and plans. Each negotiates its own rate, so which figure applies to you depends on the card in your wallet.
Rate by insurer, plan and line item
What each insurer pays
Sorted cheapest first, grouped by plan and then by the hospital's own line item. Plan names and line items are written exactly as the hospital wrote them. A plan that carries more than one price gets one row per price; line items the hospital priced the same are listed together once, because the file gives no reason to show one price as several.
| VWH MEDICARE HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $246.81 |
| VWH BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVT HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $246.81 |
| VWH MEDICARE HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $246.81 |
| VWH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $329.95 |
| VWH AETNA IL PREFERRED HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $452.05 |
| VWH AETNA HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $849.55 |
| VWH AETNA ASA HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $900.21 |
| VWH HFN NMH TIER ONE HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $584.55 |
| VWH HFN HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,104.15 |
| VWH THE ALLIANCE HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $706.01 |
| VWH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $726.14 |
| VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $784.60 |
| VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $784.60 |
| VWH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $818.37 |
| VWH BCBS HMO HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $846.30 |
| VWH BCBS PPO HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,061.28 |
| VWH BCBS HMO HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $846.30 |
| VWH BCBS PPO HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,061.28 |
| VWH CHOICE CARE HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $875.53 |
| VWH SEIU HEALTHLINK HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $974.25 |
| VWH PHCS HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,039.20 |
| VWH MULTIPLAN HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,136.63 |
| VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,299 |
| VWH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,299 |
| VWH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY HB X-Ray Exam L-2 Spine 4/>Vws | $1,299 |
How complete the paperwork is
What Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital published — and what it left out
Federal law tells hospitals what to publish. This score is our reading of how much of that Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital actually did publish. It is a measure of their paperwork, not their care. We hold no clinical, safety, or outcome data about any hospital, and nothing here should be read as a comment on the medicine.
0.82/ 1.00
At or above our 0.50 threshold, so this hospital appears in comparisons. A passing score means the file is complete enough to compare, not that it is complete.
0.00 Publishing threshold 0.50 1.00
| What we checked | Weight | Scored | Added |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many common services carry a price Partial credit 43 of 70 CMS shoppable services have an unflagged gross or cash dollar amount. | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.25 |
| How often the price is a dollar amount Near full credit 1205946 of 1291740 negotiated rates are dollar amounts rather than formulas. | 0.25 | 0.93 | 0.23 |
| How recently the file was updated Full credit Current: file states last_updated_on 2026-04-01 (196 days old). | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.20 |
| How many rows are usable figures Near full credit 85794 of 1420779 rows are quality-flagged (placeholder, zero, blank, or algorithm-only). | 0.15 | 0.94 | 0.14 |
| Total | 0.82 |
Each part is scored from 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the four add up to the total above. Every count in the right-hand column came from the hospital's own file — we did not estimate, impute, or fill a gap on their behalf. Where the file is thin, the score is thin, and the gap belongs to the publisher.
Where these numbers came from
Provenance
Every figure above was read from a file this hospital publishes because federal law requires it. Nothing here is estimated, modelled, or supplied by us.
These are published prices, not a quote and not a bill. What you owe depends on your own plan, your deductible, and what actually happens during your care.