US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$85,636typical hospital bill
$18,363typical amount paid
$14,831–$70,095range paid across 52 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $85,636 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion11$163,610$14,831
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park15$41,487$15,474
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington29$57,340$15,677
Memorial HospitalBelleville20$78,657$15,788
Cgh Medical CenterSterling26$89,013$15,955
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet20$113,030$16,080
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights43$74,170$16,279
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville26$97,874$16,341
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon29$75,492$16,346
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton13$72,652$16,360
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford12$79,332$16,400
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village27$92,568$16,408
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale37$68,298$16,529
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox44$45,093$16,661
St Johns HospitalSpringfield28$76,340$16,884
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago30$76,287$17,003
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst43$108,440$17,090
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur14$53,397$17,118
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove35$83,426$17,423
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington15$70,216$17,494
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights31$61,933$17,622
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin25$87,697$17,740
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva18$84,398$17,772
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria25$90,700$17,828
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry52$95,634$18,029
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates16$84,999$18,207
Blessing HospitalQuincy35$128,085$18,518
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park30$70,172$18,673
Uw HealthRockford21$145,386$18,677
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale15$47,373$18,888
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana60$107,417$19,143
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee13$56,343$19,174
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago14$128,131$19,186
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest91$123,223$19,402
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston95$85,285$19,414
Osf Heart of Mary Medical CenterUrbana14$79,470$19,564
Swedish HospitalChicago18$82,000$19,964
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria57$97,091$20,273
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge29$85,987$20,686
Macneal HospitalBerwyn14$86,295$20,961
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield28$107,345$21,259
Edward HospitalNaperville45$105,360$23,103
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora14$81,342$24,722
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn140$109,846$25,186
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield47$114,785$26,026
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago139$132,480$27,402
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago25$136,681$28,246
Rush University Medical CenterChicago38$73,764$28,881
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood55$142,397$34,802
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago21$130,525$42,688
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago67$173,790$42,898
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago16$51,512$70,095

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.