43/100
#1,498 nationally
St Alexius Medical Center
1555 N Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 · (847) 843-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Alexius Medical Center billed $5.04 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 100
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #62
- 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 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
393 | $53,852 | $12,671 | -14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
347 | $23,676 | $2,626 | +22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
274 | $78,533 | $16,317 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $13,070 | $2,252 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
235 | $10,167 | $534 | +224% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
205 | $46,641 | $10,271 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $26,259 | $3,954 | +27% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $69,039 | $14,835 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $33,210 | $5,432 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $65,178 | $12,914 | +18% |
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 |
$10,167 | $534 | +224% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,701 | $3,391 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,679 | $2,688 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,980 | $1,851 | +44% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$91,736 | $12,363 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,616 | $1,429 | +35% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$66,877 | $11,791 | +30% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$58,121 | $11,109 | +28% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$47,754 | $14,019 | -33% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$37,686 | $11,857 | -25% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,253 | $17,455 | -24% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$31,636 | $7,911 | -24% |
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$30,121 | $6,472 | -23% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$61,567 | $16,656 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,960 | $9,916 | -22% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$84,216 | $21,232 | -22% |
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.