47/100
#1,337 nationally
Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL 60123 · (847) 742-9800
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Advocate Sherman Hospital billed $4.81 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
- 4.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 125
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #54
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% 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 |
561 | $19,173 | $2,601 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
402 | $10,060 | $2,267 | -14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
318 | $76,479 | $16,411 | +17% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
240 | $48,449 | $10,952 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $18,812 | $1,850 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $8,903 | $1,886 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
147 | $24,578 | $3,173 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $11,996 | $1,575 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $140,220 | $23,139 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $13,008 | $1,962 | about average |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,412 | $652 | +200% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,812 | $1,850 | +60% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,781 | $1,658 | +56% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$53,595 | $7,306 | +44% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,505 | $5,368 | +31% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$39,448 | $6,557 | +29% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$71,408 | $11,325 | +27% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$76,963 | $12,246 | +25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,320 | $30,833 | -45% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$36,219 | $11,491 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,685 | $10,422 | -40% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$60,122 | $20,786 | -39% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$126,102 | $29,454 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,707 | $3,380 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,027 | $8,298 | -31% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$34,367 | $12,179 | -31% |
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.