42/100
#1,522 nationally
Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital
4646 N Marine Drive, Chicago, IL 60640 · (773) 878-8700
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital billed $3.36 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #64
- 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 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
126 | $71,319 | $22,623 | +9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $17,460 | $2,599 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $31,188 | $2,213 | +165% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $34,743 | $14,995 | -20% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $38,032 | $13,738 | -21% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $54,420 | $17,884 | -4% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $165,418 | $51,277 | -7% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $123,616 | $59,389 | -54% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $38,871 | $12,128 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $36,051 | $10,301 | +9% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,188 | $2,213 | +165% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,632 | $3,099 | +77% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,109 | $4,913 | +64% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$42,103 | $9,620 | +41% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$108,741 | $19,488 | +36% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$47,979 | $13,198 | +18% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$56,979 | $16,388 | +17% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$71,420 | $18,513 | +16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$123,616 | $59,389 | -54% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,032 | $13,738 | -21% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$34,743 | $14,995 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,460 | $2,599 | -10% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$43,308 | $15,202 | -7% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$165,418 | $51,277 | -7% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$34,278 | $9,997 | -6% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$30,428 | $8,767 | -6% |
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.