US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Illinois

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$53,542typical hospital bill
$10,058typical amount paid
$7,706–$17,457range paid across 43 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $53,542 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington23$38,688$7,706
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion15$125,111$7,772
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox24$28,142$8,084
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island11$32,143$8,087
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon24$47,688$8,395
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village14$53,542$8,403
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford14$43,174$8,629
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights40$50,010$8,655
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva18$58,540$8,825
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights31$47,603$8,926
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park15$41,871$9,042
St Johns HospitalSpringfield47$53,739$9,088
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington24$43,014$9,228
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago18$45,317$9,305
Memorial HospitalBelleville21$56,226$9,479
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove26$44,910$9,516
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago15$77,358$9,699
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria19$48,752$9,809
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield40$47,107$9,823
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville23$61,522$9,898
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur14$46,593$9,994
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest56$71,080$10,058
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale22$41,248$10,178
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry42$65,863$10,379
Blessing HospitalQuincy40$68,000$10,407
Uw HealthRockford14$82,327$10,695
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston59$58,176$10,744
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn46$45,615$10,760
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield34$63,550$10,819
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria73$56,827$11,098
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon17$41,803$11,355
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst22$58,751$11,385
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana25$50,692$11,873
Osf Heart of Mary Medical CenterUrbana13$58,357$12,075
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge14$51,522$12,164
Cgh Medical CenterSterling18$87,583$12,173
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet12$65,574$12,397
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin12$61,066$13,660
Rush University Medical CenterChicago32$50,547$14,375
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago90$75,721$15,211
Edward HospitalNaperville32$53,541$15,832
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago24$110,852$16,484
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood27$59,266$17,457

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.