38/100
#1,639 nationally
Community First Medical Center
5645 W Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 282-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community First Medical Center billed $5.13 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #70
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% 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 |
136 | $19,553 | $2,570 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $67,964 | $15,174 | +4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $49,097 | $10,560 | +13% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $55,321 | $13,772 | -10% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $33,742 | $6,953 | +13% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $42,174 | $7,700 | +28% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $60,683 | $9,268 | +45% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $48,557 | $10,870 | +4% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $31,476 | $6,721 | +3% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $89,888 | $12,416 | +70% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$89,888 | $12,416 | +70% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$80,349 | $13,340 | +46% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$60,683 | $9,268 | +45% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$43,605 | $6,895 | +37% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$42,174 | $7,700 | +28% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$48,693 | $9,749 | +19% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$36,373 | $6,589 | +19% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$33,742 | $6,953 | +13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,400 | $5,478 | -36% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$24,060 | $6,821 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,850 | $1,807 | -16% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$32,935 | $8,229 | -16% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$50,562 | $12,481 | -11% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$101,114 | $20,270 | -11% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$55,321 | $13,772 | -10% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$33,984 | $7,534 | -7% |
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.