US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Illinois

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$30,044typical hospital bill
$7,759typical amount paid
$6,072–$49,891range paid across 71 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,044 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 HospitalBarrington55$22,846$6,072
Herrin HospitalHerrin33$25,424$6,305
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin16$32,135$6,486
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon35$30,530$6,513
Cgh Medical CenterSterling16$30,646$6,623
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island30$19,329$6,634
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange60$23,718$6,789
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights96$24,985$6,828
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris19$38,832$6,842
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village26$38,606$6,865
Memorial HospitalBelleville57$30,924$6,878
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox82$14,121$6,888
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee29$26,686$6,986
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights95$18,926$7,007
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb30$33,784$7,019
Anderson HospitalMaryville21$35,518$7,047
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur38$28,039$7,086
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport18$24,984$7,102
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford26$28,812$7,123
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale13$26,202$7,130
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago19$26,867$7,143
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia35$17,204$7,144
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates35$32,605$7,205
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park19$25,526$7,268
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon29$21,252$7,289
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey17$26,724$7,291
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton26$24,484$7,305
Jersey Community HospitalJerseyville11$19,298$7,363
Blessing HospitalQuincy48$35,650$7,445
Edward HospitalNaperville72$26,388$7,453
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham24$26,364$7,464
St Johns HospitalSpringfield36$29,874$7,529
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington27$29,028$7,605
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale35$23,136$7,625
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon43$34,420$7,689
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru21$22,810$7,759
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove42$27,745$7,801
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest51$41,396$7,863
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet39$43,731$7,910
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston178$25,162$8,052
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana64$32,533$8,073
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria16$32,524$8,173
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park21$21,810$8,208
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin62$28,690$8,413
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry57$30,044$8,474
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago31$43,003$8,576
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park24$32,768$8,625
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville44$32,619$8,642
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield60$35,334$8,775
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield69$39,775$8,895
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst88$37,756$8,985
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal22$35,826$9,118
Swedish HospitalChicago20$26,882$9,180
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn30$30,965$9,284
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria74$37,216$9,390
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago11$28,852$9,408
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg16$25,071$9,504
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago12$27,334$9,558
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge95$35,368$9,698
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields26$33,106$10,127
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston17$40,122$10,432
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago47$32,628$10,594
Macneal HospitalBerwyn23$37,734$10,610
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora34$32,641$10,880
Uw HealthRockford40$44,132$10,968
Rush University Medical CenterChicago39$27,040$12,400
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago14$34,265$13,069
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago38$54,280$13,498
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood37$40,583$14,407
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva33$36,138$15,618
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago13$19,775$49,891

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.