26/100
#1,998 nationally
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611 · (312) 926-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwestern Memorial Hospital billed $5.52 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 287
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #92
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
1,858 | $26,228 | $2,630 | +35% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,330 | $21,161 | $2,254 | +80% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
989 | $14,457 | $1,558 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
743 | $16,536 | $1,833 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
568 | $29,876 | $3,154 | +18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
534 | $99,559 | $12,656 | +59% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
527 | $47,650 | $5,017 | +74% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
466 | $123,617 | $26,301 | +89% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
428 | $23,993 | $1,963 | +86% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
425 | $27,384 | $3,071 | +43% |
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 |
$28,649 | $664 | +813% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$212,289 | $7,350 | +259% |
|
Reticuloendothelial and Immunity Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 814 · Inpatient stay |
$316,719 | $166,509 | +156% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$266,792 | $41,855 | +137% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$176,792 | $35,501 | +136% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,821 | $3,898 | +136% |
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,410 | $3,630 | +128% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,713 | $3,069 | +125% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Connective Tissue Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 545 · Inpatient stay |
$76,773 | $30,750 | -41% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications or High Dose
MS-DRG 838 · Inpatient stay |
$42,899 | $22,829 | -40% |
|
Viral Illness with Major Complications
MS-DRG 865 · Inpatient stay |
$57,790 | $16,750 | -38% |
|
Other Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplastic Diagnoses with Mc
MS-DRG 843 · Inpatient stay |
$97,466 | $21,496 | -36% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$131,697 | $54,821 | -29% |
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$375,520 | $127,186 | -24% |
|
Signs and Symptoms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 947 · Inpatient stay |
$43,228 | $18,047 | -21% |
|
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 016 · Inpatient stay |
$193,305 | $68,657 | -20% |
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.