US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. Without Cc/Mcc in Illinois

MS-DRG 419: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. without cc/mcc

$68,682typical hospital bill
$12,921typical amount paid
$10,162–$26,470range paid across 6 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $68,682 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon11$65,619$10,162
Blessing HospitalQuincy11$69,726$10,328
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria12$67,638$11,098
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston17$64,740$14,744
Edward HospitalNaperville12$80,113$20,902
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria15$91,692$26,470

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.