US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Illinois

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$31,861typical hospital bill
$6,257typical amount paid
$4,919–$10,340range paid across 31 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,861 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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 Heights23$27,481$4,919
Herrin HospitalHerrin12$22,675$5,231
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion14$56,177$5,328
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon16$28,969$5,369
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale11$23,339$5,544
Memorial HospitalBelleville22$33,911$5,587
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville17$35,980$5,662
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet14$41,219$5,690
Blessing HospitalQuincy25$31,127$5,739
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur20$26,437$5,818
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield13$28,068$5,838
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan11$39,393$5,953
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates14$38,492$6,095
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru12$25,116$6,100
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago26$37,253$6,118
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park14$30,466$6,257
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston17$29,717$6,670
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora14$56,349$6,762
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria19$31,428$6,833
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin13$26,322$6,891
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford15$30,799$6,987
Javon Bea HospitalRockford12$33,502$7,082
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge25$31,931$7,263
St Johns HospitalSpringfield14$25,344$7,693
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield15$43,770$8,055
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn60$28,670$8,225
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields13$31,861$8,354
Holy Cross HospitalChicago15$33,461$8,400
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago12$37,840$8,520
Edward HospitalNaperville20$33,251$8,601
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago17$36,115$10,340

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.