US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Illinois

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$33,356typical hospital bill
$6,324typical amount paid
$5,131–$11,110range paid across 21 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,356 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights28$42,462$5,131
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox22$19,138$5,598
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights30$22,341$5,610
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove11$33,356$5,684
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur11$30,825$5,886
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet11$44,212$5,911
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville14$40,028$5,934
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange14$29,306$5,940
Memorial HospitalBelleville22$31,982$6,057
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry17$48,246$6,142
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago16$34,217$6,324
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates12$30,121$6,472
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston42$27,137$6,845
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria15$31,107$7,048
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge24$34,983$7,488
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg12$33,190$7,582
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst12$41,961$8,162
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village11$33,973$8,822
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield12$42,645$8,882
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn28$29,318$8,956
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago12$51,281$11,110

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.