US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Illinois

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$31,476typical hospital bill
$6,846typical amount paid
$5,224–$18,523range paid across 83 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,476 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington43$21,943$5,224
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion14$41,357$5,721
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights127$19,245$5,732
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin14$25,728$5,764
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon31$22,814$5,783
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon36$28,642$5,789
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville12$28,718$5,817
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island16$16,134$5,861
Cgh Medical CenterSterling21$25,740$5,871
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon25$40,210$5,960
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal13$23,882$5,994
Anderson HospitalMaryville33$31,586$6,000
Herrin HospitalHerrin45$25,256$6,008
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville65$34,891$6,051
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange21$20,795$6,067
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights60$28,218$6,068
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet31$43,924$6,101
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris12$33,737$6,120
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia20$14,457$6,196
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove26$29,339$6,196
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village32$27,666$6,196
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry49$35,725$6,227
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox56$16,873$6,262
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park14$38,897$6,264
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee11$45,730$6,277
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park11$18,688$6,297
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport18$22,452$6,444
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates28$32,233$6,503
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook15$21,193$6,512
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago24$32,483$6,536
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb20$38,250$6,564
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru21$20,410$6,565
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham21$22,169$6,608
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon15$24,163$6,641
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield56$32,464$6,653
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park27$26,426$6,679
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur48$28,569$6,683
Community First Medical CenterChicago16$31,476$6,721
Memorial HospitalBelleville48$37,512$6,748
Edward HospitalNaperville86$27,951$6,761
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana42$33,648$6,767
South Shore HospitalChicago12$29,880$6,846
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee40$24,095$6,877
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford28$32,050$6,915
Blessing HospitalQuincy53$34,003$6,970
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton37$25,967$7,032
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey16$32,080$7,042
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst61$37,648$7,097
Uw HealthRockford21$46,267$7,111
Humboldt Park HealthChicago12$29,251$7,137
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale17$21,209$7,243
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva21$35,026$7,331
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora28$28,177$7,351
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston190$28,323$7,363
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington24$31,047$7,384
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria13$37,111$7,392
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale18$20,516$7,445
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin51$33,019$7,458
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria61$28,990$7,495
St Johns HospitalSpringfield18$32,119$7,880
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg16$23,487$8,016
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge43$32,373$8,109
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago33$38,457$8,166
Swedish HospitalChicago15$34,032$8,191
Graham Hospital AssociationCanton11$19,047$8,205
Holy Cross HospitalChicago14$33,680$8,326
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago15$50,520$8,360
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago14$27,783$8,363
Javon Bea HospitalRockford16$33,350$8,590
Macneal HospitalBerwyn23$38,101$8,730
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield58$35,783$8,893
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston20$37,040$8,995
Saint James HospitalPontiac15$25,026$9,004
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago60$38,094$9,171
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest48$39,434$9,332
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago14$30,084$9,516
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields40$38,053$9,762
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago26$35,971$10,318
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn55$34,106$10,410
Rush University Medical CenterChicago37$22,201$11,094
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago64$60,625$12,445
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago21$45,092$14,778
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood44$50,765$18,523

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.