26/100
#2,008 nationally
The University Of Chicago Medical Center
5841 South Maryland, Chicago, IL 60637 · (773) 702-9785
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The University Of Chicago Medical Center billed $5.13 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
- 222
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #93
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
805 | $6,232 | $661 | +99% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
611 | $20,579 | $1,929 | +59% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
501 | $35,765 | $2,639 | +84% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
495 | $30,106 | $2,709 | +70% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
411 | $24,954 | $2,249 | +112% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
383 | $17,252 | $1,534 | +71% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
341 | $21,416 | $1,799 | +82% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
308 | $28,101 | $3,016 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
253 | $29,835 | $3,093 | +18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
247 | $78,214 | $18,328 | +80% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$101,766 | $18,992 | +208% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$116,224 | $20,342 | +178% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay |
$466,902 | $85,892 | +146% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$160,065 | $31,700 | +145% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$182,022 | $26,804 | +145% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$172,543 | $29,023 | +143% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$182,347 | $44,888 | +139% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,039 | $6,652 | +133% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Radiotherapy
MS-DRG 849 · Inpatient stay |
$99,248 | $36,796 | -48% |
|
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Other Procedures Wi
MS-DRG 829 · Inpatient stay |
$134,671 | $50,883 | -27% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Other Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 823 · Inpatient stay |
$309,412 | $61,166 | -7% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Complications
MS-DRG 181 · Inpatient stay |
$49,902 | $18,654 | -4% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$77,796 | $23,117 | about average |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$183,994 | $61,393 | about average |
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$499,399 | $154,289 | about average |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,838 | $7,574 | about average |
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.