US Health Care Costs

Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$172,205typical hospital bill
$39,851typical amount paid
$30,387–$167,310range paid across 78 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $172,205 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru20$77,610$30,387
Anderson HospitalMaryville21$104,004$31,977
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee36$104,016$32,410
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights87$102,705$32,553
Edward HospitalNaperville61$175,730$32,687
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox81$85,307$34,129
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights94$156,242$34,253
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington41$139,015$34,412
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook16$107,023$34,728
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island22$85,683$34,793
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon46$129,527$35,189
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora33$240,902$35,236
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton23$101,537$36,296
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon12$143,259$36,386
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur26$140,344$36,550
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey24$163,211$36,574
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates43$200,701$36,626
Herrin HospitalHerrin13$129,248$36,725
Cgh Medical CenterSterling14$135,434$36,840
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange34$84,771$36,935
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb40$159,234$37,153
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan20$252,803$37,158
Community First Medical CenterChicago16$198,112$37,271
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park22$89,845$37,308
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville56$177,307$37,388
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon40$118,284$37,452
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington43$142,783$37,831
Memorial HospitalBelleville52$146,604$37,859
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee27$265,580$37,954
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet24$240,447$38,037
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst41$188,158$38,131
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park16$156,026$38,146
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry79$170,158$38,363
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal14$76,061$38,365
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove63$151,960$38,445
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton13$121,051$38,479
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale41$141,582$38,578
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva44$188,105$39,207
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale30$171,015$39,474
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria58$177,449$40,228
Blessing HospitalQuincy63$187,820$40,606
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield51$152,289$41,072
St Johns HospitalSpringfield73$207,290$41,577
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago88$223,925$42,102
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park64$136,096$42,108
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago45$141,802$42,322
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora41$183,600$42,368
Macneal HospitalBerwyn18$183,648$42,686
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest39$218,792$42,745
Swedish HospitalChicago38$169,297$43,202
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park15$228,516$43,353
Humboldt Park HealthChicago12$156,576$44,102
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village62$242,851$44,489
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford77$205,642$44,506
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria125$231,447$44,662
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin43$173,395$44,993
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana70$189,624$45,083
Javon Bea HospitalRockford18$147,965$46,429
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston104$182,654$47,961
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago13$186,582$48,378
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge87$180,022$48,956
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston43$214,116$49,493
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields34$161,622$49,900
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago19$165,418$51,277
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg15$129,650$51,332
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield73$260,045$51,922
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago27$212,339$54,134
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago21$185,037$55,321
Uw HealthRockford44$269,500$55,490
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago88$289,452$59,840
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoChicago14$166,256$62,424
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago36$257,356$69,017
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood40$231,300$69,581
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn105$223,425$74,848
Rush University Medical CenterChicago61$175,208$78,844
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago29$240,437$80,197
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago73$375,162$81,243
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago21$254,260$167,310

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.