57/100
#1,031 nationally
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 Dempster St, Park Ridge, IL 60068 · (847) 723-2210
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital billed $4.04 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 205
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #26
- 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 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 |
1,095 | $21,025 | $2,564 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
819 | $85,600 | $20,874 | +31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
407 | $43,128 | $12,354 | -31% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
392 | $58,733 | $13,063 | +35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
316 | $11,546 | $1,482 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
294 | $10,586 | $1,788 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $107,029 | $22,490 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
158 | $13,463 | $3,011 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $17,464 | $3,084 | -31% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
154 | $70,010 | $16,208 | +14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$109,926 | $17,209 | +68% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$58,327 | $11,655 | +57% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$37,243 | $8,376 | +55% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,131 | $2,213 | +54% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$119,327 | $16,958 | +43% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$54,022 | $11,993 | +38% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$97,380 | $22,508 | +37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$58,733 | $13,063 | +35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 743 · Inpatient stay |
$31,182 | $11,037 | -52% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$63,806 | $27,750 | -51% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$114,015 | $58,134 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,604 | $1,499 | -46% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,258 | $8,592 | -45% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,536 | $5,211 | -45% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (severe)
MS-DRG 469 · Inpatient stay |
$77,969 | $29,127 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,199 | $1,739 | -44% |
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.