US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$116,682typical hospital bill
$22,411typical amount paid
$19,402–$41,049range paid across 45 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $116,682 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
Edward HospitalNaperville13$128,622$19,402
Memorial HospitalBelleville13$91,962$19,906
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet11$184,907$20,150
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove24$98,557$20,183
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington13$92,180$20,296
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park11$116,163$20,367
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington13$92,272$20,521
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox26$55,994$20,539
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates17$114,659$20,640
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights34$83,568$20,719
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon16$125,008$20,838
Herrin HospitalHerrin22$104,194$21,016
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago11$86,625$21,221
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin16$109,578$21,389
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights43$107,901$21,446
Uw HealthRockford11$182,791$21,592
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village22$107,447$21,612
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange24$95,004$21,630
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield21$179,029$21,754
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru14$79,772$21,792
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale13$101,351$22,001
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville23$116,682$22,382
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island12$95,453$22,411
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora18$118,662$22,469
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva19$135,597$23,218
St Johns HospitalSpringfield26$95,523$23,278
Blessing HospitalQuincy14$153,788$23,534
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria30$118,047$23,810
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield21$125,190$23,885
Javon Bea HospitalRockford12$133,875$24,981
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago20$154,813$25,036
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston59$92,474$25,650
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst18$132,819$25,911
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria36$165,137$26,641
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford30$119,855$26,873
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston13$115,783$27,293
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge40$100,920$27,346
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry43$128,351$27,449
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana18$162,605$28,111
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest20$218,248$28,332
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn30$115,124$29,000
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago19$170,292$31,534
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago12$148,636$37,096
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood12$145,400$37,585
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago17$235,026$41,049

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.