18/100
#2,238 nationally
Vista Medical Center East
1324 North Sheridan Road, Waukegan, IL 60085 · (847) 360-3000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vista Medical Center East billed $7.79 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
- 7.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #100
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
223 | $27,900 | $2,575 | +44% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $22,845 | $2,199 | +94% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $108,281 | $15,138 | +66% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $72,194 | $9,791 | +49% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $81,834 | $10,124 | +76% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $73,070 | $9,695 | +68% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $49,224 | $6,697 | +65% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $88,581 | $12,965 | +61% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $96,596 | $10,604 | +82% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $55,450 | $7,290 | +68% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,631 | $1,511 | +117% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,714 | $5,446 | +110% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,845 | $2,199 | +94% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$96,596 | $10,604 | +82% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,703 | $2,843 | +82% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$81,834 | $10,124 | +76% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$73,070 | $9,695 | +68% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$55,450 | $7,290 | +68% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$80,704 | $13,089 | +14% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$39,393 | $5,953 | +17% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$45,694 | $7,442 | +23% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$94,776 | $14,031 | +24% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$73,720 | $11,691 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,733 | $5,394 | +38% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$86,731 | $11,768 | +41% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$252,803 | $37,158 | +42% |
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.