45/100
#1,407 nationally
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1
800 Biesterfield Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 · (847) 437-5500
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 billed $5.16 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 143
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #58
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% 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 |
405 | $21,403 | $2,631 | +10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
302 | $81,812 | $15,800 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
276 | $26,506 | $3,147 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
247 | $50,462 | $11,084 | +16% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
236 | $112,846 | $22,857 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $17,158 | $1,842 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $12,010 | $1,569 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $68,405 | $10,427 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $18,243 | $3,100 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $63,319 | $12,473 | +15% |
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 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,496 | $3,642 | +52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,158 | $1,842 | +46% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,629 | $2,688 | +39% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,937 | $3,041 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,699 | $1,981 | +37% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$242,851 | $44,489 | +36% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$55,004 | $7,707 | +33% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,692 | $7,476 | +33% |
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 085 · Inpatient stay |
$54,534 | $17,370 | -44% |
|
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor
APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,960 | $28,186 | -42% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$110,822 | $29,068 | -40% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$30,327 | $8,091 | -36% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$106,680 | $30,996 | -35% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$32,399 | $12,210 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,903 | $31,900 | -35% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$26,654 | $7,532 | -32% |
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.