US Health Care Costs

Back problems (no surgery) in Illinois

MS-DRG 552: Medical back problems without mcc

$39,484typical hospital bill
$8,376typical amount paid
$6,827–$61,769range paid across 62 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,484 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal17$31,228$6,827
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights68$32,601$6,884
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon24$32,691$7,000
Herrin HospitalHerrin16$29,731$7,067
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington18$32,603$7,156
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris11$43,768$7,169
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago23$37,824$7,293
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon13$31,988$7,360
Anderson HospitalMaryville22$34,931$7,363
Edward HospitalNaperville36$33,817$7,396
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington64$27,094$7,399
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights97$23,948$7,418
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park13$43,403$7,443
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet28$48,537$7,475
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove60$34,213$7,523
Memorial HospitalBelleville22$39,189$7,537
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park14$35,738$7,641
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook11$33,339$7,747
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village45$39,149$7,769
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates43$34,869$7,771
St Johns HospitalSpringfield35$43,887$7,875
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale29$28,659$7,875
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange46$26,106$7,917
Blessing HospitalQuincy24$43,647$7,942
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton14$29,837$7,956
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur11$32,574$7,990
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox57$21,532$8,053
Community First Medical CenterChicago14$32,935$8,229
Uw HealthRockford16$55,102$8,342
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield33$46,867$8,351
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford29$39,778$8,374
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey11$44,019$8,378
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry58$42,315$8,383
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst49$50,036$8,460
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana83$51,171$8,482
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin52$35,633$8,517
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora13$59,530$8,586
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield73$47,496$8,596
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park12$29,479$8,659
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest20$46,715$8,711
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville69$44,342$8,788
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria20$40,107$8,989
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston105$31,923$8,991
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago42$48,944$9,025
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge80$41,119$9,312
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria100$47,521$9,450
Swedish HospitalChicago13$41,548$9,498
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva35$40,835$10,364
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago14$36,349$10,390
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago38$43,737$10,554
Javon Bea HospitalRockford22$41,278$10,564
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn83$33,161$10,842
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston15$47,868$11,058
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago23$35,585$11,790
Macneal HospitalBerwyn13$57,541$12,925
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora17$53,244$13,578
Rush University Medical CenterChicago45$28,096$14,315
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood34$50,312$14,399
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago12$41,310$14,597
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields19$53,306$15,362
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago36$61,346$16,438
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago13$25,019$61,769

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.