Cgh Medical Center

100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081 · (815) 625-0400

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$19.1Mnet income, all sources

−1.0%margin on patient care alone

$5.4Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)

$10.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

95beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	139	$60,232	$14,906
Heart failure, with major complications 291	75	$44,728	$9,499
Sepsis 872	54	$44,418	$7,689
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	45	$52,432	$9,806
COPD, with major complications 190	33	$53,850	$8,366
Lung infection, with major complications 177	31	$59,294	$12,281
Urinary tract infection 690	31	$34,654	$6,064
Heart stent 322	30	$196,864	$22,887
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	29	$33,143	$5,673
Pneumonia, with complications 194	28	$32,644	$7,270
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	28	$44,775	$12,211
Respiratory failure 189	27	$54,613	$9,116
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	26	$89,013	$15,955
Psychoses 885	25	$25,963	$10,839
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 191	24	$32,216	$6,417
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	23	$38,619	$8,746
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	21	$25,740	$5,871
Irregular heartbeat 310	20	$34,813	$4,373
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	19	$41,437	$7,388
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	19	$91,822	$15,630
Heart catheterization 287	18	$87,583	$12,173
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	18	$224,716	$27,753
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	17	$40,294	$9,728
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	16	$57,335	$8,999
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	16	$80,346	$19,066
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	16	$30,646	$6,623
Lung infection, with complications 178	14	$31,744	$7,459
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	14	$33,545	$5,912
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	14	$135,434	$36,840
Heart attack, with major complications 280	13	$77,556	$11,738
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	13	$53,029	$13,212
Heart attack, with complications 281	12	$57,674	$6,810
Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc 390	11	$25,220	$4,288
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 854	11	$103,536	$22,001

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