Infection Needing Surgery (severe) cost in Chicago, IL

MS-DRG 853 · 16 hospitals in Chicago

Charges here run from $141,802 to $375,162 — a difference of $233,360 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Illinois hospital charges $172,205.

Hospitals in Chicago, cheapest first

Hospital	Charged	Actually paid	Patients
C Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago, IL	$141,802 18% below the state average	$42,322	45
C Humboldt Park Health Chicago, IL	$156,576 9% below the state average	$44,102	12
C Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL	$165,418 4% below the state average	$51,277	19
C Insight Hospital And Medical Center Chicago Chicago, IL	$166,256 3% below the state average	$62,424	14
C Swedish Hospital Chicago, IL	$169,297	$43,202	38
B Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	$175,208	$78,844	61
C Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center Chicago, IL	$185,037 7% above the state average	$55,321	21
C Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago Chicago, IL	$186,582 8% above the state average	$48,378	13
C Community First Medical Center Chicago, IL	$198,112 15% above the state average	$37,271	16
D Presence Saints Mary And Elizabeth Medical Center Chicago, IL	$212,339 23% above the state average	$54,134	27
D Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago, IL	$223,925 30% above the state average	$42,102	88
C University Of Illinois Hospital And Clinics Chicago, IL	$240,437 40% above the state average	$80,197	29
B John H Stroger Jr Hospital Chicago, IL	$254,260 48% above the state average	$167,310	21
C Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL	$257,356 49% above the state average	$69,017	36
D Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL	$289,452 68% above the state average	$59,840	88
D The University Of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL	$375,162 118% above the state average	$81,243	73

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.