Chicago → Removal of a breast lump
Removal of a breast lump in Chicago
We are still reading 1 price file in Chicago. Prices appear here as they finish — nothing below means we have not read them yet, not that the hospitals publish nothing.
These prices are not directly comparable
Hospitals bill this one at different levels. One may publish a single operating-room line while another publishes the whole surgical episode — both honest, both under the same billing code. So the figures below are what each hospital publishes, not a like-for-like comparison, and we do not compute a "cheapest" from them. Why →
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics hospital.uillinois.edu · Chicago | $774–$2,698 varies | $3,854 | — | D |
| Loyola University Medical Center hospital.uillinois.edu · Maywood | $774–$2,698 varies | $3,854 | — | D |
| John H Stroger Jr Hospital cookcountyhealth.org · Chicago | $827–$7,001 varies | $10,001 | $80–$8,001 | C |
| Provident Hospital of Chicago cookcountyhealth.org · Chicago | $827–$7,001 varies | $10,001 | $80–$8,001 | C |
| Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center sinaichicago.org · Chicago | $1,147 | $1,639 | $656–$4,867 | C |
| Holy Cross Hospital sinaichicago.org · Chicago | $1,147 | $1,639 | $737–$11,748 | D |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago healthcare.ascension.org · Chicago | $1,747 | $5,294 | $2,488 | B |
| Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center healthcare.ascension.org · Chicago | $1,747 | $5,294 | $2,488 | B |
| Rush Oak Park Hospital rush.edu · Oak Park | $2,203 | $4,406 | $925–$5,728 | B |
| Community First Medical Center cfmedicalcenter.com · Chicago | $2,380 | $4,759 | $1,299–$4,759 | B |
| Rush University Medical Center rush.edu · Chicago | $3,294 | $6,587 | $1,670–$8,892 | A |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center advocatehealth.com · Oak Lawn | $4,270 | $8,540 | $84–$7,664 | C |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center uchicagomedicine.org · Chicago | $4,446–$15,786 varies | $4,446 | $4,196–$11,000 | C |
| Jackson Park Hospital jacksonparkhospital.org · Chicago | $4,970 | $6,213 | — | B |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange uchicagomedicineadventhealth.org · La Grange | not published | — | $658–$6,797 | C |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 endeavorhealth.org · Arlington Heights | not published | — | $796–$5,346 | C |
| St Bernard Hospital stbh.org · Chicago | not published | — | $1,061 | C |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital uchicagomedicine.org · Harvey | not published | — | $1,313–$8,985 | B |
| Osf Little Company of Mary Medical Center osfhealthcare.org · Evergreen Park | not published | — | $1,678–$7,804 | D |
| West Suburban Medical Center westsuburbanmc.com · Oak Park | not published | — | $2,833–$4,072 | C |
| Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital weisshospital.com · Chicago | not published | — | $2,833–$4,072 | C |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center advocatehealth.com · Chicago | not published | — | $5,788–$12,362 | C |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital advocatehealth.com · Park Ridge | not published | — | $5,788–$12,362 | C |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital advocatehealth.com · Chicago | not published | — | $5,788–$12,362 | 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 CPT 19120 —
Excision of breast lesion. 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.