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Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

for Abdominal ultrasound · DeKalb 60115

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Which of these is yours you said: Medicare (fee-for-service)
List price
The "gross charge" — the sticker price almost nobody actually pays.
$2,532
Cash price
What this hospital says it charges someone paying without insurance.
$1,772.40
Medicare (fee-for-service)
This hospital published no rate for Medicare (fee-for-service). Nothing else on this page substitutes for it.
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Every other insurer
27 rates across 13 insurers that are not yours. Context, not your price.
$463.36 – $2,532

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital publishes no Medicare (fee-for-service) rate for Abdominal ultrasound. We could put one of the 27 rates below in this space, and it would be wrong: a rate is negotiated between one hospital and one insurer, so what any of those insurers pays here tells you nothing about what Medicare (fee-for-service) pays.

The file does not say why it is missing — Medicare (fee-for-service) may not be contracted here for this service, or the hospital may have left it out of the disclosure it is required to publish. Both are worth asking about: ask the hospital for the rate, and ask Medicare (fee-for-service) whether this hospital is in your network.

The same procedure, at this one hospital, ranges from $463.36 to $2,532. 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.

Not yours

Every other insurer

These belong to other insurers. None of them is your price. They are here so you can see the whole file rather than only the part we picked.

AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] $463.36 – $2,177.52 4.7×
Plans, line items and rates for AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171]
KH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES HB US Exam Abdom Complete $463.36
KH AETNA NIU HB US Exam Abdom Complete $860.88
KH AETNA IL PREFERRED HB US Exam Abdom Complete $908.99
KH AETNA HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,706.57
KH AETNA ASA HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,901.53
KH PERSONAL CARE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,177.52
HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] $1,139.40 – $2,329.44 2×
Plans, line items and rates for HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126]
KH HFN NMH TIER ONE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,139.40
KH HFN HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,329.44
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] $1,415.39 – $2,532
Plans, line items and rates for BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401]
KH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,415.39
KH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,529.33
KH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,529.33
KH BCBS BLUECHOICE SELECT HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,529.33
KH BCBS HMO HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,680.99
KH BCBS PPO HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,797.72
KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,532
THE ALLIANCE [1703] $1,645.80
Plans, line items and rates for THE ALLIANCE [1703]
KH THE ALLIANCE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,645.80
ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] $1,680.99 – $1,797.72
Plans, line items and rates for ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402]
KH BCBS HMO HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,680.99
KH BCBS PPO HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,797.72
HEALTHLINK [125] $1,899
Plans, line items and rates for HEALTHLINK [125]
KH SEIU HEALTHLINK HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,899
CHOICECARE [177] $1,914.19
Plans, line items and rates for CHOICECARE [177]
KH CHOICE CARE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,914.19
MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] $1,974.96 – $2,532
Plans, line items and rates for MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142]
KH MULTIPLAN HB US Exam Abdom Complete $1,974.96
KH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,532
COVENTRY [1218] $2,177.52
Plans, line items and rates for COVENTRY [1218]
KH PERSONAL CARE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,177.52
FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] $2,177.52
Plans, line items and rates for FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034]
KH PERSONAL CARE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,177.52
COVENTRYONE PPO [17110] $2,177.52
Plans, line items and rates for COVENTRYONE PPO [17110]
KH PERSONAL CARE HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,177.52
UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] $2,532
Plans, line items and rates for UNITED HEALTHCARE [158]
KH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,532
OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] $2,532
Plans, line items and rates for OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157]
KH OPTUM UBH BHS PROF HB US Exam Abdom Complete $2,532

How complete the paperwork is

What Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee 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 Kishwaukee 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.

0.80/ 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

The four parts of Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital's disclosure-completeness score, each with its weight, its value, and what was counted.
What we checked Weight Scored Added
How many common services carry a price Partial credit 54 of 70 CMS shoppable services have an unflagged gross or cash dollar amount. 0.40 0.77 0.31
How often the price is a dollar amount Partial credit 2295008 of 3169874 negotiated rates are dollar amounts rather than formulas. 0.25 0.72 0.18
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 Partial credit 874866 of 3389948 rows are quality-flagged (placeholder, zero, blank, or algorithm-only). 0.15 0.74 0.11
Total 0.80

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.

https://www.nm.org/site_data/237087041_northwestern-medicine-kishwaukee-hospital_standardcharges.json
Hospital states last updated 1 Apr 2026 We fetched it 6 Aug 2026

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.