SelfPayPrices

Hospital prices in Chicago

31 of 46 hospitals in Chicago publish a price file we could find. Federal rules require all 46 to. The grade is how many of the 58 common procedures carry a self-pay price. We are still reading 1 of those files; their prices appear here as they finish.

Biggest price gaps in Chicago

cheapest vs dearest self-pay price
Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test)
$19 → $654 34.6×

John H Stroger Jr Hospital vs Jackson Park Hospital
Liver function blood test
$15 → $386 26.3×

Provident Hospital of Chicago vs St Bernard Hospital
Urine test with microscope
$6 → $141 25.2×

John H Stroger Jr Hospital vs Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Blood clotting time (PT/INR)
$8 → $175 22.7×

John H Stroger Jr Hospital vs Jackson Park Hospital
Basic metabolic panel (blood test)
$15 → $315 20.5×

Provident Hospital of Chicago vs Jackson Park Hospital
Blood clotting time (PTT)
$11 → $216 19.3×

Provident Hospital of Chicago vs The University of Chicago Medical Center
Cholesterol panel
$24 → $343 14.4×

John H Stroger Jr Hospital vs Jackson Park Hospital
Complete blood count (CBC)
$14 → $199 14.2×

Provident Hospital of Chicago vs Ingalls Memorial Hospital
A1c diabetes blood test
$18 → $216 12.3×

Provident Hospital of Chicago vs Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Thyroid (TSH) blood test
$29 → $286 9.7×

Provident Hospital of Chicago vs Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)
$617 → $5935 9.6×

St Bernard Hospital vs The University of Chicago Medical Center
X-ray of the lower back
$150 → $1240 8.3×

Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange vs Ingalls Memorial Hospital