US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 811: Red blood cell disorders with mcc

$54,830typical hospital bill
$11,792typical amount paid
$9,573–$26,393range paid across 49 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,830 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 staysBilledPaid
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights29$43,286$9,573
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington12$29,461$10,043
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights46$31,000$10,377
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island11$18,523$10,449
Memorial HospitalBelleville25$65,194$10,480
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst16$77,283$10,606
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox38$29,762$10,637
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon15$63,926$10,657
Edward HospitalNaperville22$74,352$10,711
Herrin HospitalHerrin13$35,145$10,725
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village16$62,187$10,753
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee15$66,402$10,774
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon16$54,353$10,805
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale13$54,462$11,035
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur18$39,932$11,048
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale17$36,990$11,325
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin22$71,408$11,325
Blessing HospitalQuincy21$54,100$11,366
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee11$44,540$11,368
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora19$51,528$11,595
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park16$34,495$11,641
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva20$90,944$11,714
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago21$51,638$11,718
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield27$63,794$11,718
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana26$56,273$11,792
Uw HealthRockford15$70,088$11,810
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora20$75,524$11,832
St Johns HospitalSpringfield17$41,732$11,849
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham13$26,670$11,853
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest12$52,568$12,074
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford12$67,202$12,079
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville16$71,288$12,084
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston47$43,874$12,433
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange19$34,741$12,621
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria18$81,449$12,737
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago34$71,452$12,845
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove15$39,202$13,209
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield19$104,903$13,514
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn43$42,694$13,793
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston14$71,956$14,879
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields13$54,070$15,211
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet38$70,256$15,802
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry28$65,198$16,282
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood19$48,589$18,611
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge30$75,321$18,658
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago24$74,807$19,142
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago16$69,756$22,522
Rush University Medical CenterChicago31$54,830$25,115
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago36$116,628$26,393

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.