48/100
#1,316 nationally
Fhn Memorial Hospital
1045 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032 · (815) 599-6000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fhn Memorial Hospital billed $5.22 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
- 34
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #53
- 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 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% 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 |
324 | $19,208 | $2,422 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $14,051 | $2,036 | +20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $54,741 | $15,845 | -16% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $36,688 | $10,637 | -15% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $28,304 | $6,745 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $7,860 | $1,445 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $9,984 | $1,816 | -23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $27,236 | $6,618 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $41,001 | $5,143 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $45,815 | $6,377 | +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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,269 | $3,108 | +37% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$112,298 | $16,071 | +35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,631 | $11,236 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,015 | $1,646 | +28% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,724 | $2,909 | +26% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,051 | $2,036 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,001 | $5,143 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,815 | $6,377 | +15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$28,960 | $10,289 | -40% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$43,518 | $12,286 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,121 | $1,721 | -28% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$22,452 | $6,444 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,984 | $1,816 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,860 | $1,445 | -22% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,491 | $9,612 | -21% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$24,984 | $7,102 | -18% |
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.