US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in Illinois

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$33,969typical hospital bill
$7,492typical amount paid
$6,056–$12,208range paid across 34 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,969 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 HospitalBarrington21$25,541$6,056
Edward HospitalNaperville13$28,195$6,064
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights26$29,660$6,256
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon12$31,969$6,517
Anderson HospitalMaryville13$26,646$6,523
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights40$17,855$6,542
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove19$33,349$6,549
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox37$15,998$6,596
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville19$36,370$6,755
Memorial HospitalBelleville15$24,598$6,921
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village14$32,955$7,044
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry12$46,354$7,062
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin22$34,589$7,168
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur11$22,260$7,184
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru13$22,567$7,287
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford18$38,463$7,321
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates13$32,137$7,415
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield19$45,820$7,570
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora13$39,565$7,582
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest11$44,908$7,939
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield20$41,312$8,227
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston47$29,180$8,260
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet19$39,262$8,340
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago16$38,054$8,364
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana20$45,677$8,631
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria42$38,306$8,761
Blessing HospitalQuincy15$38,092$8,879
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange16$20,144$8,885
Saint James HospitalPontiac11$24,158$9,206
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn17$30,412$9,248
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge29$39,658$9,571
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston12$63,539$10,925
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago11$53,401$12,134
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst11$36,949$12,208

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.