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Hospital Observation Service, per Hour

Illinois rates for HCPCS G0378

Hospital observation service, per hour

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Observation Service, per Hour cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$40.74 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$69.18 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $54 to $398Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $31 to $93
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $87professional $60

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in New Jersey than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$81.28

NJ $251VT $35.48

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.