US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$32,640typical hospital bill
$6,706typical amount paid
$5,471–$14,152range paid across 72 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,640 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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 CenterMarion17$49,199$5,471
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon25$27,927$5,559
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon37$21,552$5,587
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox44$17,151$5,613
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights46$21,242$5,620
Cgh Medical CenterSterling29$33,143$5,673
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island35$14,805$5,728
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights81$25,952$5,741
St Marys HospitalDecatur15$25,105$5,757
Anderson HospitalMaryville27$33,074$5,792
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington42$26,128$5,824
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal27$21,952$5,838
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet41$41,110$5,854
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville43$40,266$5,948
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris13$38,429$5,959
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb24$32,535$5,979
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park13$38,270$5,992
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia14$24,745$5,993
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale58$23,269$5,998
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon32$26,047$6,048
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale29$21,705$6,176
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee34$17,518$6,214
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford31$36,706$6,241
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates17$32,976$6,243
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington43$26,905$6,269
Herrin HospitalHerrin25$29,450$6,294
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur41$22,193$6,339
Memorial HospitalBelleville58$34,500$6,340
Blessing HospitalQuincy46$35,543$6,348
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove38$33,744$6,382
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park20$33,210$6,506
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry67$35,306$6,509
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin68$39,448$6,557
Community First Medical CenterChicago11$36,373$6,589
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst44$29,169$6,591
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago22$29,956$6,680
Edward HospitalNaperville81$29,020$6,731
St Johns HospitalSpringfield77$24,684$6,771
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon17$27,388$6,835
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria23$35,431$6,874
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva46$31,881$6,880
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora35$30,407$6,926
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey11$26,784$6,933
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield64$34,162$6,947
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park24$19,246$6,955
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago42$42,560$6,964
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village26$33,206$6,964
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook17$22,201$7,007
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana50$36,533$7,035
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston100$29,862$7,193
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest53$36,717$7,253
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria51$32,297$7,354
Javon Bea HospitalRockford21$32,746$7,467
Swedish HospitalChicago25$30,573$7,571
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange36$26,053$7,752
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield68$40,661$7,895
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg35$25,315$8,236
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago20$39,666$8,261
Uw HealthRockford20$44,428$8,272
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge48$33,645$8,383
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago89$36,492$8,621
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields17$36,060$8,673
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn62$31,750$8,824
Macneal HospitalBerwyn11$42,045$8,912
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin13$44,430$9,075
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora15$51,410$9,079
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton23$29,978$9,748
Rush University Medical CenterChicago36$22,020$10,511
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood38$36,362$11,172
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston13$50,250$12,147
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago12$35,128$12,176
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago58$46,697$14,152

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.