US Health Care Costs

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Mcc in Illinois

MS-DRG 056: Degenerative nervous system disorders with mcc

$70,505typical hospital bill
$19,440typical amount paid
$14,608–$33,907range paid across 18 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,505 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights25$34,243$14,608
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove11$57,911$15,064
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst14$88,577$15,595
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights24$44,449$15,881
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet15$81,795$17,520
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston33$39,052$18,758
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana13$89,901$18,898
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield23$65,182$18,958
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry47$74,571$19,258
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest22$98,383$19,622
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva29$88,685$20,227
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria23$107,507$21,021
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox19$29,098$21,149
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge23$59,843$21,236
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn41$64,317$24,399
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago66$90,596$27,261
Rush University Medical CenterChicago43$66,438$30,905
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago28$115,606$33,907

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.