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Cash prices Chicago, IL Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Chicago, IL without insurance

Of 63 hospitals in the Chicago, IL area we can compare, Roseland Community Hospital (Chicago) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 82% below the Illinois median across 282 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. Roseland Community Hospital Chicago 82% below 270 of 282 11 of 282
2. Mercy Medical Center Aurora 73% below 318 of 354 20 of 354
3. Saint Francis Hospital Evanston 72% below 332 of 371 21 of 371
4. John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago 72% below 449 of 506 54 of 506
5. Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet 72% below 347 of 392 27 of 392
6. MacNeal Hospital Berwyn 70% below 454 of 455 0 of 455
7. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park 70% below 453 of 454 0 of 454
8. Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook 67% below 355 of 371 14 of 371
9. Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights 67% below 355 of 371 14 of 371
10. Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange La Grange 67% below 355 of 371 14 of 371
11. Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale Hinsdale 66% below 362 of 380 16 of 380
12. Humboldt Park Health Chicago 65% below 469 of 485 15 of 485
13. Loyola University Medical Center Maywood 64% below 451 of 454 2 of 454
14. Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago Chicago 48% below 344 of 387 42 of 387
15. Morris Hospital Morris 46% below 436 of 446 9 of 446
16. Franciscan Health Rensselaer Rensselaer 43% below 342 of 408 58 of 408
17. Franciscan Health Munster Munster 43% below 382 of 405 21 of 405
18. Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital Chicago 38% below 284 of 353 67 of 353
19. Loretto Hospital Chicago 38% below 305 of 376 70 of 376
20. Resilience Healthcare West Suburban Medical Center Oak Park 37% below 281 of 362 77 of 362
21. Community First Medical Center Chicago 37% below 299 of 351 49 of 351
22. NorthShore University HealthSystems Glenbrook Hospital Glenview 26% below 358 of 435 71 of 435
23. NorthShore University HealthSystems Skokie Hospital Skokie 26% below 358 of 435 71 of 435
24. La Rabida Children's Hospital Chicago 24% below 162 of 224 59 of 224
25. Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer 21% below 312 of 425 108 of 425
26. Franciscan Health Crown Point Crown Point 19% below 322 of 427 101 of 427
27. Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn 19% below 261 of 368 53 of 368
28. Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn Oak Lawn 18% below 261 of 371 56 of 371
29. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington 17% below 261 of 361 52 of 361
30. Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin 15% below 250 of 347 50 of 347
31. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago 15% below 263 of 376 61 of 376
32. Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago 14% below 250 of 351 53 of 351
33. Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest 14% below 253 of 358 55 of 358
34. Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville 12% below 244 of 359 64 of 359
35. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge 12% below 246 of 371 67 of 371
36. Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge Park Ridge 12% below 246 of 372 68 of 372
37. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove 12% below 235 of 362 80 of 362
38. Shriners Childrens - Chicago Chicago 2% above 135 of 283 146 of 283
39. Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital Highland Park 19% above 153 of 437 265 of 437
40. Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston 19% above 153 of 437 265 of 437
41. Swedish Covenant Health Chicago 19% above 153 of 437 265 of 437
42. Mercyhealth Hospital & Medical Center - Harvard Harvard 22% above 93 of 329 234 of 329
43. Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso 25% above 139 of 408 261 of 408
44. Mercyhealth Crystal Lake Hospital & Medical Center Crystal Lake 27% above 73 of 325 251 of 325
45. Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb 28% above 141 of 447 280 of 447
46. Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich 29% above 97 of 379 254 of 379
47. Northwest Community Hospital Arlington Heights 30% above 89 of 392 292 of 392
48. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago 30% above 148 of 497 319 of 497
49. Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights 36% above 112 of 453 315 of 453
50. Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry 39% above 108 of 459 328 of 459
51. Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva 39% above 96 of 461 329 of 461
52. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest 39% above 113 of 459 326 of 459
53. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield 41% above 94 of 472 344 of 472
54. Jackson Park Hospital Foundation Chicago 51% above 34 of 343 306 of 343
55. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago 78% above 33 of 314 278 of 314
56. The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago 82% above 93 of 453 357 of 453
57. Methodist Hospital-Southlake Merrillville 101% above 47 of 361 305 of 361
58. The Methodist Hospitals Gary 101% above 47 of 361 305 of 361
59. Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey 105% above 12 of 368 356 of 368
60. Edward Hospital Naperville 121% above 11 of 383 370 of 383
61. Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Elmhurst 124% above 7 of 382 372 of 382
62. Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Crown Point 191% above 9 of 260 250 of 260
63. Vista Medical Center East Waukegan 195% above 18 of 330 312 of 330
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Not in the ranking: Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital (Hoffman Estates), Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove Village), Pinnacle Healthcare (Crown Point), St. Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates), Thorek Memorial Hospital (Chicago), Thorek Memorial Hospital Andersonville (Chicago) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

Procedure costs in the Chicago, IL area

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.