Actual negotiated rates — not estimates. HospitalPriceGrid reads the price files US hospitals are federally required to publish (45 CFR §180), verifies which hospital each file really belongs to, and lays the contracts side by side: PPO vs HMO vs Medicare Advantage vs cash, with the federal Medicare rate as the baseline.
30 national procedure pages · 6 city comparisons · 1,167,694 contract rates from 1,333 identity-verified hospitals · built 2026-10-15
| Hospital | PPO median | HMO median | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland Community Hospital | $4711.3× Medicare | $471 | $510 |
| South Shore Hospital | $1,1293.2× Medicare | $1,104 | $888 |
| Elmhurst Memorial Hospital | $1,4774.1× Medicare | — | — |
| Edward Hospital | $1,4774.1× Medicare | — | — |
| Community First Medical Center | $1,5554.4× Medicare | $1,491 | $2,280 |
Live sample from the full Chicago comparison — every figure from the hospital's own published file, Medicare baseline included.
All procedures, grouped by type →
Most price tools show estimates or averages. Hospital price files contain the actual contract rates — but they are huge, inconsistent, and about 30% of published file links point to the wrong hospital. We verify file identity against federal registries before showing anything. Read the methodology.
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National figures cover 30 procedures across 1,333 hospitals; hospital-by-hospital city tables cover 3 metros × 2 procedures so far. Request your metro or procedure and it moves up the queue.