72/100
#573 nationally
John H Stroger Jr Hospital
1901 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612 · (312) 864-6000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, John H Stroger Jr Hospital billed $1.26 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
- 1.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 36
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #6
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
252 | $13,078 | $2,588 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $2,386 | $645 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $11,828 | $2,197 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $8,926 | $1,914 | -31% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $36,861 | $65,164 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $8,048 | $1,513 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $63,233 | $77,715 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $14,570 | $3,026 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $18,936 | $3,231 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $21,793 | $3,099 | -14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$254,260 | $167,310 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,412 | $3,285 | +31% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,522 | $5,478 | +30% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,378 | $4,913 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,636 | $3,619 | +20% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$53,578 | $56,458 | +11% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$53,636 | $73,790 | +11% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$83,482 | $66,821 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,086 | $5,427 | -45% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$51,512 | $70,095 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,697 | $2,698 | -40% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$22,959 | $54,086 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,800 | $22,490 | -38% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$25,019 | $61,769 | -36% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$19,775 | $49,891 | -35% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,078 | $2,588 | -33% |
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.