US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$54,203typical hospital bill
$12,333typical amount paid
$9,038–$21,020range paid across 49 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,203 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 HospitalBarrington16$42,068$9,038
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights34$37,308$9,424
Edward HospitalNaperville15$66,699$9,907
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove11$47,554$10,065
Herrin HospitalHerrin18$42,544$10,149
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights11$32,792$10,563
Memorial HospitalBelleville33$65,135$10,696
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst14$60,457$10,706
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village16$48,835$10,748
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry26$64,045$11,173
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford19$42,604$11,259
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru11$42,962$11,337
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox33$30,312$11,444
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale14$53,008$11,446
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon11$80,465$11,530
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates16$47,743$11,553
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield15$55,620$11,582
Uw HealthRockford29$68,511$11,764
Blessing HospitalQuincy19$74,576$11,879
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange13$36,645$11,958
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey16$46,282$11,978
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest12$55,073$12,018
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville26$70,318$12,090
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham11$36,598$12,240
St Johns HospitalSpringfield11$66,818$12,333
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago20$51,230$12,421
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin15$56,519$12,534
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston52$53,763$12,951
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago17$66,670$12,960
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee12$35,299$13,126
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon12$36,752$13,216
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria33$76,206$13,236
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva15$46,992$13,313
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park20$42,332$13,360
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora29$67,040$13,467
Swedish HospitalChicago12$36,502$13,471
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge22$54,203$13,527
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur19$36,194$13,612
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield23$61,676$14,070
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago12$45,987$14,125
Macneal HospitalBerwyn11$58,218$14,485
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana17$88,003$14,633
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet13$65,141$14,954
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston12$57,980$16,043
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn32$59,274$16,097
Rush University Medical CenterChicago18$42,361$18,056
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood13$59,776$18,914
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago26$90,201$19,443
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago31$83,486$21,020

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.