43/100
#1,494 nationally
Palos Community Hospital
12251 South 80Th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 · (708) 923-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Palos Community Hospital billed $5.12 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 189
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #61
- 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 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 |
1,257 | $20,928 | $2,564 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
559 | $63,604 | $14,279 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
450 | $38,457 | $8,909 | -11% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
304 | $54,895 | $11,261 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
257 | $24,940 | $3,064 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $13,283 | $1,420 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
196 | $19,168 | $3,026 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $47,201 | $5,402 | +34% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $26,650 | $3,310 | +29% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $37,438 | $6,945 | -9% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,768 | $1,833 | +101% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,956 | $5,560 | +83% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,225 | $3,619 | +81% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,215 | $6,498 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,743 | $2,666 | +61% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,398 | $2,616 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,252 | $6,191 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,157 | $1,611 | +42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Ulcers with Major Complications
MS-DRG 592 · Inpatient stay |
$39,347 | $13,585 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,963 | $10,130 | -50% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$27,295 | $8,353 | -49% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$44,449 | $15,881 | -48% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$143,973 | $42,489 | -46% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$142,723 | $46,017 | -44% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$40,291 | $10,581 | -41% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$40,052 | $10,624 | -40% |
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.