US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$87,350typical hospital bill
$16,668typical amount paid
$13,867–$27,765range paid across 64 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $87,350 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria69$82,871$13,867
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island24$56,941$14,490
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon26$70,139$14,633
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights104$83,869$14,708
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington27$71,068$14,742
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington25$61,085$14,749
Herrin HospitalHerrin19$88,404$14,785
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion15$120,141$14,827
Memorial HospitalBelleville19$59,370$15,035
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet32$123,711$15,074
Anderson HospitalMaryville21$55,743$15,120
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon28$56,288$15,305
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris16$104,800$15,473
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal22$56,896$15,486
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights71$58,021$15,489
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village18$79,270$15,577
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park26$87,492$15,591
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin24$79,934$15,606
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur37$79,820$15,617
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove51$75,876$15,656
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox57$43,342$15,658
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee38$67,385$15,686
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park11$57,845$15,856
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale51$88,636$15,981
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru18$67,933$16,039
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport13$112,298$16,071
Blessing HospitalQuincy49$123,465$16,172
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora27$96,621$16,271
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva44$109,213$16,285
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon13$98,474$16,389
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana40$86,041$16,500
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora22$130,215$16,526
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry87$95,078$16,811
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield71$91,521$17,035
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville50$90,096$17,106
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest15$127,688$17,249
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst46$101,558$17,333
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange59$76,399$17,372
St Johns HospitalSpringfield45$87,208$17,708
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon24$80,211$17,769
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford52$94,218$17,841
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago51$112,315$17,848
Edward HospitalNaperville49$83,363$17,937
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston224$66,274$18,177
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield54$132,928$18,341
Javon Bea HospitalRockford23$104,289$18,614
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria86$115,161$18,614
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb19$121,043$18,649
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham36$60,851$18,658
Cgh Medical CenterSterling16$80,346$19,066
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn59$74,505$19,113
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates33$86,433$19,805
Macneal HospitalBerwyn15$109,723$20,195
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago43$128,985$21,232
Uw HealthRockford19$275,804$21,655
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields27$95,736$22,286
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago18$75,135$22,425
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston18$125,486$22,762
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago25$103,443$23,454
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge70$68,917$23,881
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook14$81,201$26,042
Rush University Medical CenterChicago15$90,177$26,721
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood43$97,568$27,488
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago38$136,156$27,765

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.