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16 hospitals · 54 published rates Cheapest $72.76 · dearest $2,974

Sorted cheapest first. A published figure that behaves like a placeholder rather than a real price — one cent, or a figure orders of magnitude below what other hospitals publish for the same billing code — never leads this order. It stays listed, after every other figure, ordered by its own amount among the others like it.

Nothing was excluded: none of the figures published here behave like a placeholder rather than a price.

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Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
4 published rates
$110.85 – $121.94
negotiated rate
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
2 published rates
$112.03
negotiated rate
MacNeal Hospital Gottlieb Community Health Services Corporation
Berwyn 3 published rates
$113.40 – $596.82
negotiated rate
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Wheaton 3 published rates
$2,121 – $3,535
negotiated rate
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago 4 published rates
$2,321.35
negotiated rate
Copley Memorial Hospital, Inc
1 published rate
$2,974
negotiated rate

Comparisons against other hospitals were computed on 2 November 2026. Each price carries its own fetch date; a comparison is a snapshot of what other hospitals had published when it ran, not a standing fact.

Why a range? One insurer publishes different rates for different plans at the same hospital — a PPO and an HMO under the same name can differ several times over. We show what the hospital published rather than collapsing it into a single number that might not be yours.