US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$60,854typical hospital bill
$13,127typical amount paid
$10,119–$72,237range paid across 85 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $60,854 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington30$40,807$10,119
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville15$39,096$10,235
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton12$40,204$10,314
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris12$58,017$10,477
St Marys HospitalDecatur15$48,054$10,631
Genesis Hlth System Dba Genesis Mdl Ctr-IlliniSilvis13$33,780$10,992
Herrin HospitalHerrin23$34,341$11,089
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion37$101,465$11,089
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights97$52,285$11,097
Memorial HospitalBelleville29$65,196$11,181
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon16$53,179$11,182
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island30$36,248$11,233
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights30$53,920$11,322
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington31$54,640$11,330
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon40$49,006$11,406
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook19$44,641$11,465
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal26$41,837$11,480
Cgh Medical CenterSterling13$77,556$11,738
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights11$51,202$11,751
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan13$86,731$11,768
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet64$94,171$11,777
Edward HospitalNaperville41$55,241$11,841
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon52$59,130$11,853
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee11$80,620$11,855
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb35$57,226$11,895
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park42$56,566$11,906
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange33$41,919$12,153
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru23$34,859$12,169
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin19$76,963$12,246
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport13$43,518$12,286
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago89$49,336$12,315
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox106$27,919$12,326
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale50$54,139$12,398
Gateway Regional Medical CenterGranite City19$94,091$12,536
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon32$45,255$12,584
Blessing HospitalQuincy31$80,239$12,800
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village62$56,261$12,863
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford62$68,439$12,896
St Johns HospitalSpringfield88$50,552$13,000
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst42$60,043$13,091
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin23$88,749$13,100
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville58$69,460$13,102
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey11$41,698$13,127
Osf Heart of Mary Medical CenterUrbana23$49,486$13,194
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale41$39,053$13,197
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest11$84,847$13,218
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates63$60,928$13,236
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora32$98,922$13,237
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee15$41,381$13,284
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham14$26,050$13,407
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park74$50,745$13,479
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur19$64,848$13,701
Community First Medical CenterChicago27$55,321$13,772
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana59$65,574$14,065
Uw HealthRockford100$75,821$14,236
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston192$57,696$14,389
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria16$72,646$14,411
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield70$57,206$14,530
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora99$60,854$14,639
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria79$86,232$14,881
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago109$82,982$14,985
Swedish HospitalChicago32$85,837$15,012
Javon Bea HospitalRockford23$74,451$15,070
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove50$55,984$15,103
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva69$68,466$15,250
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park19$65,679$15,937
Holy Cross HospitalChicago11$81,221$15,953
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield64$73,028$16,207
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge154$70,010$16,208
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry49$81,492$16,252
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago28$72,498$16,608
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoChicago23$56,096$17,752
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago14$71,420$18,513
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston22$113,274$18,526
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields65$55,211$18,533
Macneal HospitalBerwyn14$85,176$19,058
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn138$75,202$19,506
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago50$114,719$21,292
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago46$100,509$21,504
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood24$71,013$22,652
Rush University Medical CenterChicago29$74,712$22,858
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago49$114,211$23,169
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago28$79,343$23,878
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago15$83,966$32,657
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago14$65,797$72,237

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.