68/100
#701 nationally
Northwest Community Hospital 1
800 W Central Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 · (847) 618-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwest Community Hospital 1 billed $3.87 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 209
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% 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 |
1,115 | $13,193 | $2,575 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
632 | $44,755 | $14,590 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
359 | $8,337 | $1,796 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
352 | $9,876 | $1,530 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
305 | $27,993 | $9,298 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
304 | $52,261 | $12,370 | -16% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
195 | $62,337 | $14,774 | -22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
181 | $22,563 | $6,638 | -30% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
167 | $35,679 | $11,774 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
164 | $26,415 | $5,333 | -25% |
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 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,362 | $3,555 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,950 | $8,066 | +19% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$158,219 | $30,573 | +14% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,914 | $6,498 | +14% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,197 | $5,244 | +11% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$154,082 | $32,551 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,110 | $3,073 | +4% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,609 | $2,968 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$43,931 | $18,543 | -69% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$34,243 | $14,608 | -60% |
|
Endocrine Disorders without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 645 · Inpatient stay |
$17,898 | $5,719 | -59% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 093 · Inpatient stay |
$20,331 | $5,781 | -58% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$29,380 | $11,350 | -57% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$42,041 | $16,529 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,970 | $1,603 | -56% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 395 · Inpatient stay |
$15,826 | $4,915 | -56% |
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.