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Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications cost in Chicago, IL

MS-DRG 163 · 4 hospitals in Chicago

Charges here run from $106,894 to $281,257 — a difference of $174,363 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Illinois hospital charges $141,025.

Hospitals in Chicago, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$106,894 24% below the state average $55,191 41
$209,109 48% above the state average $36,559 12
$265,340 88% above the state average $56,265 16
$281,257 99% above the state average $62,726 41

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.