Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Illinois

In Illinois, 103 hospitals publish a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $4.00 to $106.05, with a median of $28.83. The lowest price is at Saint Francis Hospital (Evanston) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 26.5× the lowest.

• The median here, $28.83, is 9% above the US median of $26.48.
• That is 6.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
• Illinois ranks 32nd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 27 of 103 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Illinois law (Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, 210 ILCS 89): an uninsured Illinois resident with family income up to 600% of the federal poverty level (300% at rural and critical access hospitals) can apply for a discount that brings the bill down to about 135% of the hospital's cost; up to 200% (125% at rural hospitals) medically necessary care is free. A hospital may collect no more than 25% of family income in 12 months. Ask the billing office for the application. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 82270. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map