US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Illinois

MS-DRG 027: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures without cc/mcc

$134,278typical hospital bill
$23,246typical amount paid
$19,025–$35,664range paid across 8 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $134,278 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 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
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield25$212,022$19,025
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston14$93,829$20,520
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge16$106,535$22,320
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield24$121,857$22,363
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago21$163,218$24,128
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria18$161,432$27,219
Rush University Medical CenterChicago16$96,237$29,037
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago13$146,700$35,664

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.