Chicago → C-section delivery
C-section delivery in Chicago
Across 6 of 21 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $14,617 to $35,496 — 2.4× the price for the same billing code.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center rush.edu · Chicago | $14,617 | $29,234 | $781–$18,887 | A |
| Community First Medical Center cfmedicalcenter.com · Chicago | $23,671 | $47,342 | $7,632–$14,203 | B |
| Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center sinaichicago.org · Chicago | $26,539 | $37,913 | $6,279–$61,438 | C |
| Palos Community Hospital nm.org · Palos Heights | $28,151 | $40,216 | $6,823 | C |
| University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics hospital.uillinois.edu · Chicago | $35,496 | $50,708 | — | D |
| Loyola University Medical Center hospital.uillinois.edu · Maywood | $35,496 | $50,708 | — | D |
| St Alexius Medical Center healthcare.ascension.org · Hoffman Estates | not published | — | $1,920–$15,007 | F |
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 healthcare.ascension.org · Elk Grove Village | not published | — | $1,920–$15,007 | F |
| Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center healthcare.ascension.org · Chicago | not published | — | $3,196–$12,918 | B |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago healthcare.ascension.org · Chicago | not published | — | $3,196–$12,918 | B |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital advocatehealth.com · Chicago | not published | — | $5,609–$19,357 | C |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange uchicagomedicineadventhealth.org · La Grange | not published | — | $6,244–$13,656 | C |
| Osf Little Company of Mary Medical Center osfhealthcare.org · Evergreen Park | not published | — | $6,584–$15,545 | D |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital uchicagomedicine.org · Harvey | not published | — | $6,676–$13,327 | B |
| West Suburban Medical Center westsuburbanmc.com · Oak Park | not published | — | $6,695–$10,498 | C |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center advocatehealth.com · Chicago | not published | — | $6,815–$19,357 | C |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 endeavorhealth.org · Arlington Heights | not published | — | $7,345–$9,367 | C |
| Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital weisshospital.com · Chicago | not published | — | $8,133–$11,153 | C |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center uchicagomedicine.org · Chicago | not published | — | $9,133–$19,853 | C |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center advocatehealth.com · Oak Lawn | not published | — | $9,343–$19,673 | C |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital advocatehealth.com · Park Ridge | not published | — | $9,726–$19,884 | C |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code MS-DRG 788 —
Cesarean section without CC/MCC. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.