50/100
#1,242 nationally
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515 · (630) 275-5900
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital billed $4.71 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 154
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #44
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
831 | $17,437 | $2,568 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
380 | $68,032 | $14,565 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
353 | $17,795 | $3,055 | -29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
315 | $47,477 | $11,422 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
196 | $11,479 | $1,498 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
196 | $13,224 | $1,778 | +13% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $54,049 | $12,329 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $34,567 | $5,440 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $65,097 | $10,267 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $139,369 | $22,490 | +5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,666 | $1,504 | +134% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$66,494 | $11,620 | +84% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,349 | $1,833 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,858 | $3,073 | +27% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$46,667 | $8,722 | +25% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,983 | $3,310 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,770 | $2,760 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,408 | $1,526 | +19% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$45,720 | $16,601 | -53% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$29,012 | $12,287 | -42% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$45,358 | $13,796 | -41% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$41,830 | $12,612 | -38% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$65,029 | $17,243 | -36% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$45,113 | $11,496 | -35% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$92,641 | $24,094 | -33% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$57,911 | $15,064 | -33% |
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.