65/100
#782 nationally
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
450 West Highway 22, Barrington, IL 60010 · (847) 381-9600
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital billed $4.23 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
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 130
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% 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 |
955 | $14,521 | $2,537 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
866 | $9,427 | $2,179 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
378 | $53,602 | $14,097 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
319 | $43,112 | $12,301 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
268 | $19,046 | $3,055 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
266 | $11,486 | $1,525 | +14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
210 | $36,488 | $9,157 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $13,289 | $3,290 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $20,937 | $5,356 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $24,492 | $6,713 | -39% |
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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,486 | $1,525 | +14% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$47,468 | $7,604 | +13% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$91,330 | $25,099 | +10% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$148,284 | $30,227 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$141,360 | $21,581 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,276 | $1,803 | about average |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$45,150 | $8,127 | about average |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$32,467 | $6,091 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$75,820 | $45,974 | -66% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$44,457 | $26,170 | -63% |
|
Transurethral Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 669 · Inpatient stay |
$32,003 | $10,848 | -55% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$24,568 | $7,987 | -48% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$93,216 | $31,293 | -48% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$29,461 | $10,043 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,977 | $3,534 | -47% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$22,069 | $6,462 | -47% |
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.