CostGrade
C

38/100

#1,641 nationally

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital

155 East Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126 · (331) 221-1000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital billed $5.48 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
5.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
155
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IL
#71
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.

Inpatient charge markup 11.1/35

Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 9.8/25

Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 11.0/30

Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.4/10

Better than 64% 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

563 $25,986 $2,557 +34%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

352 $49,613 $11,186 +14%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

339 $67,272 $12,158 +8%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

324 $73,413 $15,601 +13%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

263 $23,842 $3,056 -6%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

260 $13,758 $1,521 +36%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

187 $14,783 $1,807 +26%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

181 $31,083 $4,894 +13%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

165 $87,778 $14,795 +10%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

156 $75,208 $10,435 +11%

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
COPD (with complications)

MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay

$64,605 $7,538 +94%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,079 $638 +94%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$37,421 $3,555 +65%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay

$53,416 $5,898 +65%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay

$36,791 $5,682 +53%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$47,323 $13,049 +51%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$32,372 $3,636 +48%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay

$163,542 $18,749 +46%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay

$27,048 $8,191 -51%
Hip or Knee Replacement (severe)

MS-DRG 469 · Inpatient stay

$96,403 $22,410 -32%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay

$40,307 $9,532 -29%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$199,645 $49,574 -26%
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay

$62,835 $16,557 -24%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay

$33,077 $6,938 -20%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications

MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay

$81,319 $14,262 -17%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

$53,777 $14,856 -16%

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.
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