procedure code 97164 — price comparison in Chicago
Billing code 97164 · 3 hospitals publishing rates
Metro proxy notice: the price-transparency
files this site reads carry each hospital's STATE, not its city. "Chicago"
here means every hospital publishing prices in IL, not only
hospitals within Chicago city limits.
Median negotiated rates run from $115 to
$151. That is a 1.3x difference between the cheapest and the most expensive hospital shown here.
Hospital
Median rate
vs Medicare
MaineHealth
$115
1.9x
South Shore Hospital
$146
2.4x
MaineHealth
$151
2.4x
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