CostGrade

Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major cost in Chicago, IL

MS-DRG 981 · 6 hospitals in Chicago

Charges here run from $135,026 to $384,320 — a difference of $249,294 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Illinois hospital charges $169,334.

Hospitals in Chicago, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$135,026 20% below the state average $38,173 17
$169,592 $60,598 39
$209,119 23% above the state average $38,644 12
$235,652 39% above the state average $76,172 16
$355,420 110% above the state average $67,856 41
$384,320 127% above the state average $80,763 38

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.