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Low
$5
Average
$5.5k
Median
$4.0k
High
$42.9k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
971 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 10.3× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $19.6k | $15.1k | $8.8k | 59% | 748 | $1.4k – $28.5k |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $4.7k | $12.8k | $9.4k | 73% | 315 | $4.3k – $25.8k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $14.2k | $17.5k | $7.8k | 45% | 256 | $11.5k – $35.4k |
| 4 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $9.9k | $12.7k | $5.1k | 40% | 132 | $9.4k – $21.5k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $6.4k | $11.7k | $10.1k | 86% | 112 | $2.7k – $28.4k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 88 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 7 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | 70 | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL other · outpatient | 4 | $2.8k | $2.5k | $469 | 19% | 56 | $1.7k – $2.8k |
| 9 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 38 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 10 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | 32 | $4.4k – $4.4k |
| 11 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $9.7k | $9.7k | $1.0k | 11% | 29–38 | $8.7k – $10.7k |
| 12 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $5.0k | $5.0k | $349 | 7% | 24–42 | $4.6k – $5.5k |
| 13 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | 20 | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $1.9k | $1.7k | $1.1k | 64% | 19 | $253 – $2.8k |
| 15 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $1.9k | $1.7k | $1.1k | 64% | 19 | $253 – $2.8k |
| 16 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | 11 | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 17 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $12.7k | $15.5k | $4.3k | 28% | 9–90 | $12.0k – $21.7k |
| 18 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $4.7k | $8.5k | $7.4k | 87% | 8–80 | $4.2k – $27.4k |
| 19 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $2.1k | $2.1k | $138 | 7% | 5–50 | $1.3k – $2.1k |
| 20 | BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI PLANTATION, FL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $4.3k | $4.6k | $3.0k | 65% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $8.4k |
| 21 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $16.2k | $15.5k | $7.3k | 47% | 3–30 | $1.3k – $21.6k |
| 22 | Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire 54703-5270 facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.4k | $1.9k | $1.0k | 55% | 3–30 | $957 – $3.3k |
| 23 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $2.0k | $1.9k | $129 | 7% | 3–30 | $1.2k – $2.0k |
| 24 | St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $9.0k | $7.1k | $2.6k | 37% | 3–30 | $3.6k – $9.0k |
| 25 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 6 | $3.9k | $3.1k | $1.1k | 35% | 2–20 | $1.7k – $4.5k |
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