US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$45,578typical hospital bill
$11,070typical amount paid
$8,918–$73,790range paid across 82 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,578 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria11$50,748$8,918
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington32$32,663$8,996
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington23$51,177$9,166
Anderson HospitalMaryville14$48,088$9,360
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion21$67,634$9,389
Herrin HospitalHerrin26$42,522$9,405
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights90$27,808$9,461
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights94$41,589$9,473
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon20$32,136$9,497
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove61$37,260$9,506
St Marys HospitalDecatur11$51,855$9,521
Cgh Medical CenterSterling17$40,294$9,728
Memorial HospitalBelleville44$48,713$9,757
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon50$35,400$9,793
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island23$23,767$9,817
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb32$37,995$9,861
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet40$54,457$9,878
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon24$45,457$9,878
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox61$24,337$9,934
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal23$29,807$9,957
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur37$34,709$9,989
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook25$31,762$9,999
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights12$36,600$10,028
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park29$51,389$10,053
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville65$51,157$10,104
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford39$45,926$10,124
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee20$60,922$10,246
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale31$29,538$10,271
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport12$28,960$10,289
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange32$35,499$10,290
St Johns HospitalSpringfield29$43,215$10,351
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton42$35,916$10,375
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village37$49,739$10,381
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates38$42,857$10,459
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park33$26,443$10,482
Roseland Community HospitalChicago16$36,604$10,712
Uw HealthRockford35$54,811$10,713
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin51$46,789$10,862
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey15$42,611$10,883
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park54$33,897$10,950
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago64$50,330$11,067
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst42$42,648$11,072
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham16$32,258$11,080
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora16$61,622$11,206
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee45$32,650$11,222
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana60$55,383$11,335
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva43$64,340$11,528
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield49$47,408$11,579
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria23$50,728$11,622
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago35$61,925$11,639
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru15$28,909$11,652
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest55$53,075$11,752
Swedish HospitalChicago22$41,479$11,886
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston155$36,431$11,904
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry71$49,906$11,935
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale28$37,710$11,967
Blessing HospitalQuincy41$58,708$12,065
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield48$47,998$12,272
Holy Cross HospitalChicago15$38,810$12,367
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora57$48,426$12,436
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria61$56,682$12,449
Edward HospitalNaperville52$46,512$12,515
Javon Bea HospitalRockford23$53,658$12,547
Macneal HospitalBerwyn19$45,699$12,632
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago18$41,604$12,643
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg14$33,199$13,595
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn76$48,317$13,604
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park12$44,372$13,666
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago18$49,101$13,873
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston33$54,897$14,072
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge57$59,450$14,644
St Bernard HospitalChicago11$41,493$14,769
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago114$67,984$15,641
Saint Anthony HospitalChicago18$33,769$15,672
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields44$45,080$16,291
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago14$56,979$16,388
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago40$55,838$16,683
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago107$84,085$18,572
Rush University Medical CenterChicago120$43,692$20,661
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago28$50,036$21,646
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood53$78,792$22,084
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago11$53,636$73,790

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.