US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$42,572typical hospital bill
$8,375typical amount paid
$6,304–$13,565range paid across 49 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,572 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington14$29,967$6,304
Edward HospitalNaperville13$39,105$6,460
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion23$85,918$6,475
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon15$38,113$6,559
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris12$54,357$6,721
Cgh Medical CenterSterling12$57,674$6,810
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange13$26,693$6,815
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights15$39,339$6,851
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island12$25,630$7,026
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox29$22,132$7,057
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village18$45,881$7,127
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee14$37,509$7,208
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet20$61,761$7,259
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb13$43,534$7,292
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield35$41,342$7,765
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park17$36,884$7,853
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst17$38,399$7,899
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield21$54,193$7,917
St Johns HospitalSpringfield63$44,580$7,957
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest11$75,086$7,994
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora12$71,890$8,002
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana30$38,937$8,043
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates14$43,160$8,048
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights31$37,585$8,114
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston59$38,038$8,375
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon23$38,839$8,411
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove16$33,590$8,587
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon30$34,813$8,655
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria34$50,511$8,660
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville24$45,425$8,673
Swedish HospitalChicago16$50,961$8,980
Javon Bea HospitalRockford11$60,165$9,073
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva29$45,983$9,258
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale30$33,049$9,425
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge43$47,148$9,503
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington15$42,502$9,534
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin14$51,164$9,583
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford20$41,993$9,823
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago28$52,157$9,871
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago17$66,639$9,896
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields16$44,685$10,133
Macneal HospitalBerwyn12$61,188$10,138
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora35$42,059$10,765
Uw HealthRockford23$61,577$10,933
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago13$42,572$11,165
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry21$49,100$12,102
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood11$39,127$12,128
Rush University Medical CenterChicago14$34,641$12,309
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn35$40,335$13,565

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.