61/100
#903 nationally
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center
4440 W 95Th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 · (708) 684-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center billed $3.66 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 213
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #22
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
773 | $14,458 | $2,531 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
593 | $84,873 | $23,032 | +30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
380 | $55,310 | $14,758 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
334 | $11,761 | $1,523 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
300 | $17,009 | $3,083 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
262 | $8,824 | $1,791 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
246 | $16,676 | $2,987 | -13% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
197 | $57,104 | $12,141 | -9% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
140 | $109,846 | $25,186 | +25% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
138 | $75,202 | $19,506 | +23% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$207,804 | $48,467 | +53% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$74,452 | $21,540 | +37% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$87,781 | $15,737 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$84,873 | $23,032 | +30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$55,310 | $14,758 | +27% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$223,425 | $74,848 | +26% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$109,846 | $25,186 | +25% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$98,478 | $28,222 | +23% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,663 | $4,717 | -61% |
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 463 · Inpatient stay |
$116,679 | $46,302 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,462 | $3,529 | -52% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay |
$49,010 | $18,260 | -50% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$22,651 | $10,025 | -49% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$86,317 | $31,454 | -38% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 093 · Inpatient stay |
$30,442 | $7,810 | -37% |
|
Minor Skin Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 607 · Inpatient stay |
$23,998 | $8,807 | -37% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.