Office visit, new patient (level 5) cost in Chicago, IL

Prices at 19 hospitals in Chicago, IL, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $365 — 15% above the US median ($318), roughly 1.5× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago, IL $208 $203 ★ 2/5 247 min —
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL $208 $203 ★ 3/5 237 min —
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL $216 $134 ★ 1/5 210 min —
Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital Chicago, IL $216 $134 — — —
John H Stroger Jr Hospital Chicago, IL $274 $158 ★ 2/5 293 min —
Provident Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL $274 $158 — 190 min —
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics Chicago, IL $333 $236 ★ 4/5 298 min —
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center Chicago, IL $365 $366 ★ 3/5 192 min —
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital-Chicago Chicago, IL $365 $366 ★ 4/5 146 min —
Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago Chicago, IL $400 $250 ★ 1/5 170 min —
Jackson Park Hospital Chicago, IL $450 — ★ 1/5 268 min —
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL $641 $641 ★ 5/5 350 min —
Shriners Hospital for Children Chicago, IL $731 $156 — — —
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL $761 $870 — — —
Larabida Childrens Hospital I Chicago, IL $761 $870 — — —
The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL $790 — ★ 4/5 295 min —

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$635
Cash / self-pay
$365
Insurer-negotiated
$203
Medicare pays
$237
$212$761
Median cash $365  ·  Medicare $237  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $365 — about 1.5× the Medicare rate ($237). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($474).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $635 list price could save about $270 (43%).

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Doctors who perform this in Chicago

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

ClinicianSpecialtyLocationMedicare services
Kelsey Brzuszkiewicz, NP-CNurse PractitionerChicago, IL431
Jayesh Mehta, MDHematologyChicago, IL182
Parameswaren Venugopal, M.D.Hematology-OncologyChicago, IL160
Carmen Taype-Roberts, M.D., PH.D.Pulmonary DiseaseChicago, IL156
Marcello Cherchi, M.D., PH.D.NeurologyChicago, IL146
Yasemin OzcanPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationChicago, IL131
Arjun Sinha, MDCardiologyChicago, IL127
Samuel Kim, MDThoracic SurgeryChicago, IL121
Pavan Kumar Tandra, MDMedical OncologyChicago, IL120
Stanley LiauwRadiation OncologyChicago, IL119
Eliana GellerGeriatric MedicineChicago, IL119
Arlene Uy, M.D.EndocrinologyChicago, IL116

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