US Health Care Costs

Hip or knee replacement in Illinois

MS-DRG 470: Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without mcc

$79,268typical hospital bill
$15,104typical amount paid
$13,162–$32,599range paid across 45 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $79,268 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 HospitalPeoria30$95,430$13,162
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington20$62,213$13,197
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington25$80,686$13,472
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island12$54,721$13,511
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove18$70,139$13,602
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox14$52,082$13,710
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal19$49,177$13,773
Genesis Hlth System Dba Genesis Mdl Ctr-IlliniSilvis21$38,357$13,942
Memorial HospitalBelleville50$52,696$14,044
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon114$75,821$14,205
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village30$65,244$14,272
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris27$88,052$14,382
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee17$114,219$14,404
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights44$82,831$14,480
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange46$68,995$14,508
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton35$64,101$14,616
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford50$72,863$14,724
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights195$62,337$14,774
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst165$87,778$14,795
Blessing HospitalQuincy16$117,578$14,808
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates92$69,039$14,835
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru12$88,561$15,022
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon122$79,268$15,104
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora17$85,250$15,149
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana15$71,597$15,199
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey12$73,630$15,445
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest32$136,692$15,525
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur15$94,217$15,539
Deaconess Illinois CrossroadsMount Vernon11$147,152$15,567
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville19$82,566$15,606
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston366$67,089$16,169
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago11$91,814$16,333
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry36$88,270$16,596
Edward HospitalNaperville72$68,832$17,105
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago13$88,918$17,301
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn38$68,230$17,443
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria54$93,721$18,174
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston24$120,105$19,112
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago145$113,969$19,429
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago15$108,741$19,488
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge39$58,356$19,980
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood45$56,457$23,185
Rush University Medical CenterChicago100$73,066$24,139
Herrin HospitalHerrin13$98,721$26,310
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago21$114,498$32,599

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.