All procedures / Knee MRI / Chicago, IL
Across 14 hospitals in the Chicago, IL area that publish federally required price files, the median negotiated rate under commercial insurance is $1,467 (middle half of hospitals: $734–$1,901) and the median self-pay (cash) price is $1,488 for an MRI of the knee. The Medicare outpatient baseline for the same procedure family is $243.
Source: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR §180), file dates 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-22 · Medicare baseline: CMS OPPS Addendum B · Data extracted 2026-10-31 · Page updated 2026-10-31
Area covered: hospitals in Chicago, Aurora, Elmhurst, Maywood, Melrose Park, Naperville, Oak Lawn and Oak Park, Illinois. Hospitals outside these places are not in this table, even if they serve the area.
| Hospital | Insured median | PPO | HMO | Commercial | Medicare Adv. | ACA Exchange | Medicare | Cash | List (gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland Community Hospital Chicago · CMS 1★ · file updated 2026-07-01 | $298 | $2981.2× Medicare | $2981.2× Medicare | — | $2551.0× Medicare | $2551.0× Medicare | — | $302 | $597 |
| Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Elmhurst · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $594 | $7763.2× Medicare | — | $4111.7× Medicare | — | — | $2551.0× Medicare | — | — |
| Edward Hospital Naperville · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $594 | $7763.2× Medicare | — | $4111.7× Medicare | — | — | $2551.0× Medicare | — | — |
| South Shore Hospital Chicago · file updated n/a | $724 | $7283.0× Medicare | $7243.0× Medicare | — | $2831.2× Medicare | $5872.4× Medicare | $2801.1× Medicare | $574 | — |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood · CMS 2★ · file updated n/a | $761 | $2,90311.9× Medicare | $7613.1× Medicare | — | $2591.1× Medicare | $3231.3× Medicare | — | $1,493 | $6,492 |
| Community First Medical Center Chicago · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $990 | $1,0114.1× Medicare | $9694.0× Medicare | $1,5016.2× Medicare | $2551.0× Medicare | $2551.0× Medicare | — | $1,483 | $2,966 |
| Rush Oak Park Hospital Oak Park · CMS 4★ · file updated 2026-07-22 | $1,425 | $1,1884.9× Medicare | $1,2965.3× Medicare | $1,5546.4× Medicare | $2,59210.6× Medicare | $3,36913.8× Medicare | — | $1,296 | $2,592 |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center Oak Lawn · CMS 3★ · file updated 2025-11-04 | $1,509 | $1,7307.1× Medicare | $1,5096.2× Medicare | $1,4205.8× Medicare | $3711.5× Medicare | — | — | $1,510 | $3,020 |
| Rush University Medical Center Chicago · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-07-22 | $1,657 | $1,6246.7× Medicare | $1,5826.5× Medicare | $1,6916.9× Medicare | $2,59410.6× Medicare | $3,50114.4× Medicare | — | $1,297 | $2,594 |
| Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park · CMS 3★ · file updated n/a | $1,830 | $2,2979.4× Medicare | $1,8307.5× Medicare | — | $2621.1× Medicare | $2961.2× Medicare | — | $1,233 | $6,492 |
| Insight Hospital And Medical Center Chicago Chicago · CMS 1★ · file updated 2026-06-25 | $1,925 | — | $1,9257.9× Medicare | — | — | — | $1,6506.8× Medicare | $2,200 | $2,750 |
| Copley Memorial Hospital Aurora · CMS 4★ · file updated 2026-07-22 | $2,107 | $1,7437.2× Medicare | $2,47110.1× Medicare | $1,5666.4× Medicare | $3,41614.0× Medicare | $2,63810.8× Medicare | — | $1,708 | $3,416 |
| University Of Illinois Hospital And Clinics Chicago · CMS 4★ · file updated 2025-08-01file >12 mo old | $2,248 | $3,95916.2× Medicare | $2,2739.3× Medicare | — | $2511.0× Medicare | — | $2511.0× Medicare | $3,959 | $5,656 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital Of Chicago Chicago · file updated 2026-04-01 | $4,469 | $4,66319.1× Medicare | $3,21513.2× Medicare | — | — | — | — | $3,627 | $5,182 |
Each figure is the median of that hospital's published rates for the procedure's code family under that plan type. "Insured median" is the median of the hospital's commercial-plan rates (PPO, HMO, EPO, POS, ACA marketplace and plans not labelled by type); the headline figure is the median of that column. Hospitals label plan types differently, so compare the Insured median column across hospitals rather than a single plan-type column. "×Medicare" compares to the CMS national outpatient rate. Blank cells mean the hospital's file discloses no dollar rate for that plan type.
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