32/100
#1,810 nationally
Cgh Medical Center
100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081 · (815) 625-0400
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cgh Medical Center billed $6.33 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #83
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
463 | $12,475 | $2,139 | +6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
276 | $24,253 | $2,515 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $1,730 | $631 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $14,925 | $1,478 | +48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $60,232 | $14,906 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $13,416 | $1,772 | +18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $44,322 | $2,976 | +76% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $7,147 | $1,867 | -45% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $30,412 | $3,222 | +47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $44,728 | $9,499 | +3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$196,864 | $22,887 | +93% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,322 | $2,976 | +76% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$109,523 | $10,158 | +62% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$87,583 | $12,173 | +61% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$224,716 | $27,753 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,974 | $6,320 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,346 | $5,195 | +54% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,925 | $1,478 | +48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,505 | $1,401 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,730 | $631 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,147 | $1,867 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,226 | $4,830 | -29% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$25,963 | $10,839 | -28% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$53,029 | $13,212 | -25% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$135,434 | $36,840 | -24% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$44,775 | $12,211 | -21% |
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.