All published prices at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

210 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

Procedure	Patients	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Complications MS-DRG 240 · Inpatient stay	11	$154,573	$24,376	+28%
Hernia Procedures Except Inguinal and Femoral with Complications MS-DRG 354 · Inpatient stay	11	$79,541	$13,851	-6%
Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 406 · Inpatient stay	11	$103,889	$20,706	-27%
Single Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications MS-DRG 451 · Inpatient stay	11	$65,700	$24,254	-44%
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay	11	$70,826	$16,658	-27%
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications MS-DRG 863 · Inpatient stay	11	$29,605	$7,956	-23%
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay	11	$125,376	$26,859	-17%
Dysequilibrium MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay	11	$25,079	$6,282	-36%
Other Heart Assist System Implant MS-DRG 215 · Inpatient stay	11	$454,180	$96,870	+13%
Cardiac Defibrillator Implant with Major Complications or Carotid Sinus Neurostimulator MS-DRG 276 · Inpatient stay	11	$217,952	$64,192	-11%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.