US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$31,982typical hospital bill
$6,935typical amount paid
$5,434–$13,952range paid across 62 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,982 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington23$26,256$5,434
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Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion13$39,419$5,544
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Herrin HospitalHerrin15$27,233$5,702
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Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove22$29,016$5,824
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St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington19$23,006$5,937
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Trinity Rock IslandRock Island11$20,412$5,986
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Memorial HospitalBelleville26$34,150$6,017
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Anderson HospitalMaryville18$28,259$6,114
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Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal12$22,264$6,193
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Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur25$27,343$6,243
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Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights54$21,254$6,256
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Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet21$44,722$6,266
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Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris19$46,530$6,381
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Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park11$28,644$6,426
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Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon16$29,816$6,439
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Edward HospitalNaperville51$30,899$6,453
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Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago12$40,050$6,491
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HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon18$24,477$6,494
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Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon16$18,139$6,513
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Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva29$37,030$6,577
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Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin11$53,505$6,601
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Alton Memorial HospitalAlton11$28,236$6,652
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Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale12$22,842$6,659
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Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park15$25,119$6,666
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Riverside Medical CenterKankakee23$23,860$6,692
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Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry57$34,711$6,714
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St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham17$24,276$6,735
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Jersey Community HospitalJerseyville11$20,317$6,825
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Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights49$30,887$6,841
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Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox48$19,361$6,903
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Blessing HospitalQuincy32$36,226$6,919
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Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park21$32,994$6,951
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Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford36$32,671$7,176
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Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield51$32,628$7,400
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Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey13$30,571$7,438
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Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange24$23,156$7,476
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Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria11$38,767$7,486
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Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago26$47,471$7,539
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Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest20$35,756$7,593
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Copley Memorial HospitalAurora25$42,244$7,643
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Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston74$27,979$7,764
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Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village19$28,368$7,957
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Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru18$28,439$8,097
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St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg14$31,609$8,174
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Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago11$48,732$8,425
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Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn29$30,238$8,425
–$13,273$10,070–$17,406 · 11 plans
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin43$32,356$8,451
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Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge52$37,704$8,693
–$13,574$10,070–$17,406 · 11 plans
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates14$34,137$9,822
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Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield30$46,168$10,215
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Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston12$58,074$10,351
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Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields17$37,167$10,424
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Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria13$40,552$10,558
–$12,270$9,675–$17,165 · 11 plans
St Johns HospitalSpringfield16$27,101$11,122
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Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville29$45,494$11,364
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Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago32$32,524$11,804
$23,445Not in dollars (27 plans)
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood22$39,045$11,845
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Rush University Medical CenterChicago32$31,515$12,577
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Uw HealthRockford23$42,586$12,920
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Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst27$47,323$13,049
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The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago30$52,749$13,702
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Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana18$41,872$13,952
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Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.