Rabies immune globulin cost in IL
What a rabies immune globulin costs at IL hospitals — and the fair price to aim for.
Typical commercial prices here are 3% below the fair benchmark (0.97×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Aligned Regional Benchmark Peer
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers prices shoppable and inpatient services (1.0× to 1.0× Medicare, divergence 1.00×) in alignment with regional hospital peers (1.03× Fair BaseRate). Reviewing plan-specific negotiated rates and cash discounts helps lock in the lowest out-of-pocket tier.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 0.82× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 78% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- 4-Star CMS clinical rating with 77% patient recommendation (73/100 safety score)
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (50.4% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 1.2× markup over Medicare rates
- Commercial insurance median sits at 0.92× Fair BaseRate (1.0× Medicare), so insured patients should always compare the self-pay cash price before paying.
- Even at low-cost facilities (0.97× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 15.1× Medicare (19¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
In general, IL hospitals charge about the fair price for this. how we calculate the BaseRate →
Compared with the rest of the country, IL’s fair BaseRate ($326) is about the same as the national fair price of $336.
Cheapest IL hospitals for a rabies immune globulin
- Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers · Morris $275
- Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center · Mattoon $275
- OSF Saint Elizabeth Mdl Ctr · Peru $279
- St Joseph Medical Center · Bloomington $279
- St Mary Medical Center · Galesburg $279
- OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center · Alton $279
- OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center · Danville $279
- Mc Donough District Hospital · Macomb $280
- UW Health · Rockford $280
- Carle Health Pekin Hospital · Pekin $280
- Carle Foundation Hospital · Urbana $280
- Decatur Memorial Hospital · Decatur $280
- Memorial Medical Center · Springfield $280
- HSHS Holy Family Hospital Inc · Greenville $280
- Carle Health Methodist Hospital · Peoria $280
Audit a Bill or Quote at IL Hospital Benchmark (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $271
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $271).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask IL Hospital Benchmark's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $326 Fair BaseRate ($189 Medicare)
Your bill ($746) is $420 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($326) and 3.9× the $189 Medicare rate.