Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
NON-PROFIT
Part of NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE
1000 North Westmoreland Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
BED COUNT
116
# OF EMPLOYEES
1,598
Last updated Jun 28, 2026
Price Fairness
How do rates compare to nearby hospitals?
I went to the emergency room for...
| This hospital |
5 miles away
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13 miles away
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Urinary tract infection
|
$4,246.40 insured
$6,216.96 uninsured
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$2,562.66 insured
$2,490.00 uninsured
|
$1,489.39 insured
$1,455.08 uninsured
|
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Headache
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$4,934.41 insured
$7,054.86 uninsured
|
$3,203.52 insured
$3,105.00 uninsured
|
$1,941.65 insured
$1,563.75 uninsured
|
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Heart palpitations
|
$4,795.02 insured
$8,098.65 uninsured
|
$2,385.34 insured
$2,316.25 uninsured
|
$1,178.31 insured
$1,679.85 uninsured
|
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Food poisoning
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$3,387.47 insured
$4,887.66 uninsured
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$2,461.72 insured
$2,166.25 uninsured
|
$1,152.14 insured
$1,069.43 uninsured
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Is this inaccurate? Email us. Bill items making up each situation are determined from Goodbill's proprietary claims dataset. Insured rates are calculated using median commercial negotiated rates. Uninsured rates are calculated using cash prices.
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Patient access to data
Do patients have easy access to their records, as required by law?
How hard is it to talk to someone?
Yikes!
It takes 4 minutes, on average, to reach a human in the billing office.
That's worse than
the national average of 3 minutes.
How easy is it to get access to your data?
Getting access through HIPAA
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HIPAA requires hospitals to comply with patient requests to have their records sent to them.
At least one possible violation in the last 180 days
Goodbill has never filed a government complaint
Getting access electronically
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As of October 6, 2022, hospitals must give patients electronic access to most of their health information.
Has Goodbill-verified API access
Allows patients to see doctors notes
Helpful tools
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IRS regulations require non-profit hospitals wait 120 days after your first billing statement before sending you to collections.
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