US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$43,295typical hospital bill
$9,360typical amount paid
$7,417–$57,621range paid across 70 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,295 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
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion12$46,838$7,417
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington23$47,468$7,604
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights96$40,246$7,699
Anderson HospitalMaryville21$38,678$8,150
Herrin HospitalHerrin35$29,234$8,156
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange24$30,724$8,166
St Marys HospitalDecatur14$46,322$8,231
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton16$22,770$8,362
Cgh Medical CenterSterling33$53,850$8,366
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal13$27,853$8,369
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet27$45,103$8,409
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon33$29,352$8,452
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur51$39,127$8,474
Edward HospitalNaperville53$46,360$8,556
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village29$46,717$8,593
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin20$36,481$8,605
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook16$31,256$8,633
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb21$46,362$8,636
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon13$44,509$8,696
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee54$33,177$8,780
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights15$29,193$8,851
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale14$37,873$8,865
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park20$41,996$8,876
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale28$31,771$8,914
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton44$45,290$8,921
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry59$40,410$8,928
Memorial HospitalBelleville53$50,489$9,023
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana24$46,146$9,104
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora35$36,331$9,108
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva28$58,226$9,124
Blessing HospitalQuincy43$41,854$9,169
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates20$44,004$9,193
Community First Medical CenterChicago20$60,683$9,268
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey21$34,826$9,280
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham18$27,055$9,339
Gateway Regional Medical CenterGranite City11$86,366$9,381
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville40$54,173$9,392
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville25$37,618$9,393
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston37$34,597$9,433
Uw HealthRockford15$52,722$9,481
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst68$46,661$9,579
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington20$34,089$9,600
Javon Bea HospitalRockford15$45,426$9,614
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield108$48,301$9,672
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru32$28,868$9,750
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox80$24,170$9,783
Humboldt Park HealthChicago12$59,477$9,978
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park51$36,561$10,095
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights16$30,270$10,195
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford22$42,540$10,365
Holy Cross HospitalChicago17$61,464$10,497
Macneal HospitalBerwyn15$50,457$10,611
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield25$49,804$10,625
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove36$45,803$10,706
St Johns HospitalSpringfield29$47,157$11,131
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn37$44,676$11,207
Saint James HospitalPontiac20$34,221$11,339
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoChicago12$42,651$11,558
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge31$43,102$11,665
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria56$51,066$11,862
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago51$46,699$12,035
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago21$42,024$12,482
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest17$56,898$12,516
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg32$40,464$12,633
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood21$43,487$14,662
Rush University Medical CenterChicago16$25,020$14,733
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago16$61,944$17,062
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago12$59,254$18,255
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago66$116,224$20,342
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago12$28,939$57,621

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.