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Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal cost in Chicago, IL

MS-DRG 023 · 5 hospitals in Chicago

Charges here run from $162,584 to $345,359 — a difference of $182,775 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Illinois hospital charges $232,839.

Hospitals in Chicago, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$162,584 30% below the state average $74,565 42
$189,777 18% below the state average $43,846 15
$312,016 34% above the state average $115,533 23
$323,163 39% above the state average $63,677 37
$345,359 48% above the state average $80,960 44

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.