US Health Care Costs

Fainting in Illinois

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$35,609typical hospital bill
$7,748typical amount paid
$5,931–$54,524range paid across 70 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $35,609 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
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights55$32,612$5,931
Herrin HospitalHerrin20$30,694$6,161
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion20$53,629$6,359
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon15$27,836$6,451
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon30$30,936$6,453
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington36$26,148$6,478
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox70$22,631$6,499
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights46$23,943$6,499
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove41$33,290$6,509
Anderson HospitalMaryville31$37,706$6,547
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island16$27,162$6,658
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville50$41,224$6,744
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet36$45,323$6,777
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park18$35,101$6,833
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village31$32,269$6,849
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange30$30,451$6,861
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal27$29,134$6,867
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton24$29,690$6,893
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb11$40,045$6,932
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin33$34,204$6,987
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia12$28,049$7,005
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale15$29,018$7,023
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva21$43,931$7,114
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry42$40,369$7,127
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee24$36,164$7,135
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru17$30,143$7,208
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham19$24,740$7,316
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington21$26,217$7,380
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park47$27,136$7,402
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana35$35,487$7,404
St Johns HospitalSpringfield33$40,707$7,421
Memorial HospitalBelleville50$38,886$7,487
Community First Medical CenterChicago12$33,984$7,534
Uw HealthRockford14$58,122$7,665
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates22$31,733$7,698
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest15$48,094$7,797
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria12$44,094$7,819
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora15$45,541$7,835
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford30$39,346$8,012
Edward HospitalNaperville68$38,944$8,059
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston92$28,667$8,197
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria86$38,773$8,289
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago48$34,581$8,348
Humboldt Park HealthChicago11$18,160$8,483
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park16$35,730$8,682
Holy Cross HospitalChicago15$35,880$8,809
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago33$50,930$8,838
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield37$34,017$8,843
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale20$28,687$8,864
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg23$34,146$8,915
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst37$37,136$8,917
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon25$52,599$8,935
Macneal HospitalBerwyn21$46,803$9,312
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur16$28,547$9,443
Blessing HospitalQuincy33$41,466$9,482
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn95$36,082$9,621
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston14$40,116$9,783
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago13$34,278$9,997
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge93$44,841$10,010
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields38$37,901$10,146
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago49$46,937$10,264
Javon Bea HospitalRockford31$43,209$10,581
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora28$39,498$10,599
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield44$48,906$10,914
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago34$48,216$11,280
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago63$51,569$12,465
Rush University Medical CenterChicago36$32,502$12,571
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood16$42,577$12,631
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago12$31,168$14,352
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago16$28,113$54,524

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.