32/100
#1,821 nationally
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
One Kish Hospital Drive, Dekalb, IL 60115 · (815) 756-1521
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital billed $5.81 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
- 5.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 71
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #85
- 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 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% 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 |
268 | $23,849 | $2,626 | +23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
215 | $74,893 | $15,307 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $12,834 | $1,577 | +27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
111 | $41,628 | $9,755 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $99,858 | $12,678 | +60% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $56,096 | $12,455 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $58,020 | $5,560 | +65% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $25,253 | $2,736 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $15,634 | $3,100 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $19,649 | $1,931 | +52% |
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 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$180,878 | $18,084 | +118% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,712 | $6,842 | +110% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$154,483 | $48,287 | +80% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,573 | $3,365 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,696 | $10,004 | +67% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,020 | $5,560 | +65% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$165,350 | $22,728 | +65% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,437 | $3,041 | +62% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,626 | $5,559 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,699 | $10,689 | -30% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$33,743 | $10,328 | -29% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$37,995 | $9,861 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,634 | $3,100 | -18% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$55,382 | $15,634 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,414 | $3,174 | -15% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$66,550 | $14,294 | -13% |
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.