US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$52,388typical hospital bill
$12,269typical amount paid
$9,849–$60,162range paid across 87 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $52,388 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
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin16$38,110$9,849
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington40$41,945$9,963
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion20$76,701$10,171
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria15$54,663$10,183
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island32$24,296$10,437
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan26$96,596$10,604
Anderson HospitalMaryville18$46,543$10,641
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon44$28,089$10,666
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights80$33,330$10,714
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon27$42,065$10,745
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville15$40,412$10,747
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton21$33,549$10,815
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst66$59,403$10,837
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris21$66,857$10,899
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange23$35,103$10,991
Memorial HospitalBelleville50$49,162$11,023
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights119$47,487$11,148
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox90$26,366$11,216
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook25$30,416$11,222
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb29$49,690$11,232
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale22$48,707$11,251
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville110$67,824$11,344
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago48$54,000$11,383
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights13$39,012$11,441
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale42$29,893$11,457
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru20$33,603$11,460
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal29$39,861$11,462
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park22$52,419$11,464
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet61$69,936$11,500
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee27$71,701$11,529
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington37$44,414$11,556
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park34$30,658$11,566
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin47$60,769$11,587
Gateway Regional Medical CenterGranite City11$81,052$11,749
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin15$57,052$11,769
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates34$46,596$11,784
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia18$28,840$11,868
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee25$41,818$11,964
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest34$55,401$12,132
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon40$52,388$12,150
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora25$82,612$12,199
Herrin HospitalHerrin38$41,210$12,213
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield31$42,137$12,227
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village55$60,356$12,269
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey46$53,674$12,306
St Johns HospitalSpringfield55$50,412$12,406
Community First Medical CenterChicago16$89,888$12,416
Blessing HospitalQuincy68$65,289$12,468
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana70$57,996$12,518
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham13$26,138$12,611
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston140$42,351$12,877
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park36$43,412$12,916
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry109$57,077$13,014
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford45$49,320$13,125
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva36$42,507$13,202
Holy Cross HospitalChicago12$49,819$13,236
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago72$71,251$13,272
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria37$55,915$13,280
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove60$57,697$13,594
Uw HealthRockford56$66,784$13,595
Swedish HospitalChicago34$49,589$13,660
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield47$85,334$13,796
Edward HospitalNaperville54$63,356$13,829
Javon Bea HospitalRockford19$54,294$14,044
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur41$47,810$14,290
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge62$63,979$14,583
St Bernard HospitalChicago13$43,142$14,866
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago28$46,250$15,078
Humboldt Park HealthChicago11$66,550$15,181
Saint James HospitalPontiac13$33,511$15,273
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg18$39,503$15,443
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park12$76,427$15,530
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn78$56,613$15,571
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston39$53,544$15,750
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora46$57,510$15,798
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria54$67,347$16,219
Macneal HospitalBerwyn15$67,401$16,279
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago22$88,500$16,344
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago16$60,521$17,740
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields39$55,172$17,819
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton16$50,346$18,428
Rush University Medical CenterChicago51$39,848$19,901
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago72$80,113$20,406
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago55$97,421$21,630
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago14$54,462$22,602
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood39$67,304$22,793
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago14$42,237$60,162

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.