38/100
#1,653 nationally
Northwestern Medicine Mchenry
4201 Medical Center Drive, Mchenry, IL 60050 · (815) 344-5000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwestern Medicine Mchenry billed $5.24 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 186
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #72
- 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 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
1,222 | $25,534 | $2,576 | +31% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
621 | $71,758 | $16,141 | +10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
446 | $51,056 | $10,364 | +18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
383 | $72,483 | $12,392 | +16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
302 | $16,326 | $1,530 | +62% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $35,430 | $3,089 | +40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
223 | $60,835 | $13,778 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
211 | $19,814 | $2,355 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $20,167 | $1,876 | +56% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $14,521 | $2,170 | +24% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,283 | $649 | +68% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$200,860 | $42,401 | +68% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,932 | $3,285 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,589 | $1,762 | +67% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,568 | $2,881 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,326 | $1,530 | +62% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$301,537 | $71,701 | +57% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,150 | $3,636 | +56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
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.