US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$98,944typical hospital bill
$22,035typical amount paid
$16,027–$38,563range paid across 47 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $98,944 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington22$63,840$16,027
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington16$108,909$17,043
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago11$98,944$17,063
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox43$39,333$17,322
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford21$69,914$17,342
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville25$113,376$17,387
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal15$52,932$17,421
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur15$75,420$17,475
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee17$82,611$17,516
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village19$120,007$17,690
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon20$84,462$17,876
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton13$75,660$18,163
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora23$114,212$18,402
St Johns HospitalSpringfield18$90,645$18,619
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates17$120,211$19,124
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale16$158,929$19,231
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights41$58,550$19,487
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights53$136,135$19,969
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield46$82,020$20,299
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove28$82,669$20,300
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva25$163,354$20,358
Blessing HospitalQuincy44$125,607$21,400
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana52$88,429$21,531
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry26$96,837$22,035
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale13$70,720$22,095
Uw HealthRockford13$211,663$22,218
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb11$165,350$22,728
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest27$136,573$22,945
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston72$86,494$23,124
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge60$79,329$23,738
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon21$80,460$23,879
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield45$139,219$24,178
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria31$105,372$25,159
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago20$158,795$26,799
Edward HospitalNaperville48$116,076$26,906
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange13$64,636$26,925
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago80$138,695$27,737
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst23$139,434$28,408
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn27$83,823$28,815
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria49$147,661$29,787
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin12$87,984$31,782
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago15$89,979$32,744
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago58$181,458$32,918
Rush University Medical CenterChicago35$88,843$33,111
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood31$100,479$33,171
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields11$107,740$35,903
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago22$116,603$38,563

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.