60/100
#964 nationally
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 · (847) 570-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital billed $4.31 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 288
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #24
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
2,412 | $16,316 | $2,162 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,908 | $1,420 | $634 | -55% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,713 | $18,551 | $2,530 | -5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,343 | $57,916 | $12,119 | -7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
950 | $64,673 | $17,141 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
946 | $8,116 | $1,501 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
926 | $6,325 | $1,896 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
493 | $32,578 | $5,339 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
482 | $14,841 | $2,957 | -22% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
477 | $33,367 | $6,605 | -16% |
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 |
$16,316 | $2,162 | +39% |
|
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5461 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,477 | $3,105 | +25% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,869 | $3,485 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,461 | $4,859 | +21% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$229,879 | $39,919 | +21% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$290,803 | $60,124 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$175,256 | $30,593 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,065 | $3,733 | +16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 464 · Inpatient stay |
$57,444 | $23,676 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,420 | $634 | -55% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$39,052 | $18,758 | -55% |
|
Other Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 155 · Inpatient stay |
$27,796 | $8,804 | -52% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$26,098 | $11,739 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,325 | $1,896 | -51% |
|
Soft Tissue Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 502 · Inpatient stay |
$47,203 | $11,852 | -51% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 395 · Inpatient stay |
$18,669 | $7,363 | -48% |
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.